New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-19
ANOTHER CRUISER NEARLY READY
rur p,r.r1:> IRE TO Dr LAUNCHED on AUGUST Zo


a FLOATING FORTRESS.
wash,nrton Aug. 1s-AU arrangements nave Oeoh
made for the launch of the new protected CRUISER
baltimore. at Cramp g. Sons shpbuilding yard on
Aucust % Secretary Whitney aud the chiefs OF inc
.rous bureaus of the Navy Department VIII go over
bv sDccial train TO witness the iauncn' anu "
also expected that many members OF pom oia
of Congress and other prominent people, 10 w"Ua'
invitations have been sent will 60 Also Inc De-
more is one of the three largest OF the eight au'ho'
,zod nroeccd cruisers She of the same Dimensions
as the Philadelphia and Chicago, namely 90 10.
,orc. Az 10 feet beam: 10 IL feet mean oraush'
when fuIly eoupped, and 4,410 tons disp'acciien'
Her contract price is al $4,000, put inc ~
contract price was only Ssso,OOo Inc Dal' -,
was contracted for on December IL, looo, am
tine for completion expired on June 80 r,,r NJ
at the request Of the builders for an extension -
time Secretary Whitney granted an extra a.1su
NJ four months based upon the caieua"o"
that the work OF construction retarded 10 ''''
tent through no fault of the contractors Ou. ~ 90
action Of the Government steel Inspectors YIN" ~
GERS of the Navy IN rejecting heavy pc'N'" >,
,bo stcc sup,led in the early stages OF the WORK II
this limit had not been extended inc eon'i"
would be having penalty Of sos day lot non iui-
o,r,ont Of contract. and which would now amount 10
! :, 300 II she Is not completed by October 2S thcn
tho ncnaltv will begin. Her ostimaoi horse9o"ei,
with forced draucht. IS TO he 1000 anu si"oN -
nineteen knots an hour IS guaranteed
The Baltimore Is a tvn-screw vessel oun' Vi So
! and with a stcelnrotected deck Her armament ~
consist Of four s-inch brcech-loadins rhes' moun'
nm the noon and fcrccastlc &c IL and % feet re-
snoctvely above the water; six-inch brcech1oauiNI
rifles; six e-pounders, rapd-fre guns SIX ho'chA'Ss
rovolvinr cannon and four Calling repeater guns
Five above-watcr torpedo launchingubes or guns arr
fitted two fixed forward. firing directly aleSl' op'
| fx.d ubc aft and a training tube on each DOW 4h'
s-incb guns on the poop and forecastle VIII DC sup
nortcd BIZ steel bukheads OF 10pound plauhg' al'
lntcrcostal beams under the racers. The o-ln'n gum
will be supported by vertical bulkheads OF 10 pou'
rlatinc stifcned by heavy metal angles WORKED oc
tween the berhs and upper decks. Although III
Chicago IS barl-rigged vessel. the Baltimore Will d
scant OF sail-power as an auxiliary to the steam
case OF deqanrement Of machinery. She Will nav
only two masts and fitted with military tops 10
mounting the rapid-nre guns.
The baltimore will be fitted for service as nag
ship. The AdmiralS cabins will be at the aileren
OF the berth-deck. The motive power VIII DC III
nishcd by two tripe-expsnson engines par ,tnd
SEPARATE watCr-tight compartments IHss mn M.
arc 10 co and 81 inches in diameter ana a M n'
icngth 81 stroke > with 10000 horsepower ana
consumption of 235 tons OF coal per day u ~ ar
Iatod she nav make speed Of 10 knots an hour, d.
with a consumption OF twenty-five tons OF coaI u*
make a speed OF 10 knots an hour WIN her ~
tanker capacity of $50 tons OF coal. she VIII De az
"a steam three and a One-haf DAYS at full speed an
; | tbirtv- -four DAYS at a lO-knOts speed.