The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-10-01
i PRoJEcrED STEEL CRUISER.
The United States 40 Have a Forraid-
able Addttfon In It's Navy.


able Kddftfon in Its Navy.
The currvnt issue of the Araay md
May Regrstsr says: Secretary
Whitney has determined to include in
the list of new cruisers for which pro-
posals are to be invited the large un-
armo,Sd cruiser authorized BY the bill
passed two weeks ago to increase tho
naval establishment, and has directed
that for this vessel the plans prepared
by Chief Constructor White. of Eng
land, for the ship known as No. ~ be
used. These plans contemplate a YES
sci Of greater power and speed than
any cruiser now afloat-in fact the very
highest powered vessel of the kind in
the world at the time of completion.
The principal dimensions OF the vessel
are as follows: Length over all, 335 feet;
beam. extreme, 43 feet s inches; draft,
mean, 10 feet 6 inches; load displace-
ment, ALB tons; /. H. r., 10, 500. forced
combustion; twin crews, estimated
speed, 10 knots. The ship has two mill
itary masts. no sail power except storm
sails; coal capacity about 900 tons.
The complement of maen is $40. The
main battery consists of four 8-inch and
six 6-inch breech-loading rifles;
secondary battery, eight 57-millimeter
single shot Hotchkiss guns; two 37-mil-
limeter revolver machine guns, and one
short Calling. The hull will be
constructed of steel throughout, with
double bottom manning the en-
tire length of the machinery
space or $50 feet. Throughout the
length - Che double bottom the ship is
constructed on the bracket system, or
combination of the longitudinal and
traverse systems. Before and abaft
the double bottom the framing is OF
u bars, the frames in the double bottom
are spaced 4S inches between centers:
before and abaft these points the spac-
ingis SO inches, The outer plating varies
binary weight being 20 pounds to the
square foot. The machinery, maga-
zines, sheil-rooms, torpedo rooms. and
~streering gear are placed below IN ar
mored deck. which is four inches thick
on its sloping sides and q inches on
the horizontal part a~midships. The
outer edge of this deck is 4 feet below
the load line, raising / foot above the
load line atythe horizontal part amid
ships. All the openings in this deck to
machinery spaces. magazines, SHELF
rooms, etc, are protected by Golfer
dams. Above the protection deck the
machinery is still. further protected by
side-belts of coal, ten feet in thickness.
averaging eight feet in depth, ex-
tending from the skin of the YES
sci in board, while below this deck
a similar belt is provided sew
en- feet in thickness. The yes
sci is what IS called a poop-and-forc-
ca~stle-decked ship with open gun deck.
The battery will be mounted on spon
o on central pivot carriages support
ing segmental shields 2 inches in thick
ness, two eight-inch guns on the poop,
and two eight-inch guns on tire
forecastle decks. with the six-inch guns
mounted in ihe intervening space ON
the gun deck. Two eight-inch and two
six.inch guns will concentrate within
400 feet of bow or stern, while either six
inch broadside can be concentrated with
in 100 feet Of the ships side. The vessel
will be provided with five above-water
torpedo launching tubes, electric search
lights, incandescent lighting apparatus
forlighting the ship and a complete
system Of exhaust ventilation for Eving
spaces in connection with the system
for forced combustion. The protect on
deck will be carried down to strengthen
the 'ram-shaped bow, which will be
thoroughly stiffened and strengthened
for ramming purposes. The hull will
be divided with numerous water-tight
compartments by means of longitudln-
al and transverse b~ulkheadsS The mo-
tive power will be derived fIom two
sets leach in a water-tight COMPARTMENT
OF triple expansion engines, in connec-
ton with four double-ended boilers
fou g.9en feet in diameter. The engines
will be capable Of developing 10000
indicated horse power with forced
I.1raft.1