New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-09
WORK AT THE NAVY YARD,
VESSELS TO GO or SEA DUTY
osr oE SEEprNe STEEL BOTTOMS IN
pxpEa-THD MAINE WITHOUT STEM
AND STERN

AND STERN,
,... =. a recentIy published report HUE
- a.. amount of amusement he was SnoIui'h
go. osicers on the naval vessels anu M 'no -,e.
80 xhen he wrote of the strange hS'S -. "a
- uys.erious orders for the cruisers 80, -
n ~ork at the Navy Yard and P oSsiD y
..s..us tronbie in HayH" and that ,I"t' .to Nv
..rtant Is In the wind" AS mS''ef y. So ,ha,
ys..r,ons ordersn received were to the enoeI 'nS
1850 IN commission at the Navy fsru' snouiu
wv 80, 20 Goa duty rather than lie al inc nav!
vs. ao,rg nothing. with ships deterioratng oS lou
- :. a,d officers and mon under fuh soa PoS
- 1870 sca duty While officers on otier uu%
=. r,ora nrvleges were drawing 10 Vi ~ ~
less pay. us.-,v two wears In
,n,,s.or bafore she left the yard ana III 'uo
srhgs the officers drew their full sea pas no,Sor
crcs,ted with sea service. The AuSn" 81 oor,.
vessel which lay at the yard many at,o, of ves.
,",,.,on And so other cases could % cl,ou "a
ml'>Sp' - 80 beep at sea. Secretary Tracy
coi' ,nt.na IN co,intenance the continuance VI
- svstan. hence the orders 10 get 'ho zoo
..s., "a sna where they can do outy oD ''o
depleted squsdrons. o.s.o,, has orlv one
Far instance, the European sgua oN ,,oodor
~. - ,.aDasn vvaters.-the Enterprise, Wooueh
,,..s.I q, 1.a75 tons displacement anu oSrI'e
,rnooth. hore guns The ouinnebaug Is now On Ae.
x.v home from Europe, ana tne ON ~. AZ :.
80 as.s.,.a home and II is thought likely th4' INC
pe.n -, =. o,ssrsd to Europe and that possibly
~ poston wifi 60 too, though no oruers
.'e 80. 80 rec.lyed The Chicago is almost reanS
e. -. Int n will take two or three weeks rnoro l"
.,a.,. N, little work sun remaining 10 DC oone'
sa roslt,ons Of the boats are TO be changed ana
49, minor repairs are In progress, ana yesterday 'ne
r.,,tcyx were busy putting an occasional toncn on
hoe hull .o,,- r.,,,,
"a. -, reason that the Atlanta has been docked
& h.t h.r bottom might be freed from irs foulness
M ,,v. s idea Of the rapidlty with whtca the nuns
a, troo vessels become foul the Ranger A. her last
scchsne had attached to her bottom as much as
txe,ye tons of maIdne growth and this. too after
aha hsd been for time In the fresh waters Oh the
sstramento River In which portion OF the growth
had psusasd. The Atlanta originally had coat
jng OF anoorzosivs paint next TO her plating and an
onss coat supposed 10 be proof against the attacks
of pharmacies. At the examtnaton of her hull a few
DAYS AGO. IT was found that the barnscleS had eaten
their way through the anticorgosive paint and had
firmly attached themselves 10 the ships bottom The
frcaueat bookings Of the Atlanta and the Boston have
demonstrated the eosltseSs Of keeping steel bot
torn: IN angling saS and 'G fSsrs ts sG
of sheastng them with the Tobin bronco an alloy
Of copper invented by Passed Assistant Engineer
JOHN A. Tobin, OF the Navy.
Tho monitor Puritan, which has been a monitor
IN name only ever since she begun, never having
been supplied with turrets guns, is at the yard
awaiting the orders begin her transformation into
IN arnorod vessel Of modern type and great power.
According to the plan proposed by the chiefs of the
several branches OF the Navy Department at wash
ington the places of the tIrrots viii be taken by
covered barbettes These will increase the fighting
power Of the guns by giving them more elevated
position The monitor Miaptononah now looks
quite different from the vessel that has been In the
yard 50 long The work her is advancing some
what If slowly and the presence of her smoke pipe
and part of her engines and the work which has been
done ON her turrets make her look something Ike
a vessel The little work that has been done on the
engines of the Kearsarge finished and she Is about
ready for sea. A little pain ting Also has been zone
ON her deok. 1t IS not known, however, where she
VIII 60. ....
TRANSPORTATION OF THE YORKTOWN.
The Yorktown has changed much in appearance
within the laxt week. Instead of the black hull that
she had a week ago coat Of white paint has been
given to her transforming her SO as almost
10 =, make her look like snotheF vessel.
inoansed, but none of her secondary bSttery h 1
srydock and it Is striking contrast 10 see the tug
IN the huge drydock IN comparison 70 tns mrs g.
tho Fortune is to be patnaedt and Der ruddar which
was bent sbout year ags' ISp& n =, .. IN the
weeks ago The Board Of Survey has been on her,
but nothing has yet been done tn the way o. re-
A Vessel without ether stem or stern would not
san far and yet ss 4 S The c
that her stem and stern have not yet cOnei No 70
90 70, her s AND and ' Other ps are
pared IN the machine shops which are near the snip
me Navy Department has advertised for proposals
for furnishing z26 tons Of STEEL protective deck plates
weighing forty pounds square foot FOR use IN ths
vii BE- opened on July and tho delivery 2; the plate;
aSust begin within thirty days after the SSss e,S o.
nom tSs. date The plates are 70 be domestic manu-
fnye apd to pass the usual tests The sac ailnor
Sen " %oss and delivery Is to be begun in August
and after this the arIuor Is 70 be supplied as iast
on tie sides OF the hull. and ten and BALI INCHES
thick the torret and barbettcs IL Is believed rom
Is nov attending IT, that the Maine win be oOn:
struoted much sooner than was nrst sDtcipAeo' anu
Nearly All the steel frames for her are now in place
and The most rapid progress has boon made In her
construction.
THE eALENA LIKELY TO REMAIN FLAGSHIP.
The Gslsns h still the Admiral flagship, and 10 is
stiii doubtful whether Admiral Gberard1 win trans
Ser his hag 10 any other vessel But IT Is practically
eersain that he VIII make either the Boston or
the Atlanta his flagship. as has been supposed by
some. The reason for this is that these vessels
have no aeeommcdasous for more than one command.
eoek not easily Do divided, while the Admiral has
comfortablo QusFtcrs on the Galep1 Beioro the
Gaiens can again 20 70 minor repairs will be
necessart. II Is NOT known where Ehe wiz 70
s SsaSg w.: s1sSor,sd 70 ask for bids 70
!. he9nns necessity because the outlets Of Of
the Brooklyn sewers ara contiguous 10 tc Navy Yard
en- ssfnels. Tho bids 10 be addressed 70 the pay
sstcr-Gener at Washington, and viii be opened mkt
Saturday. II Is estimated that about rs coo yards Of
material VIII be need 70 be dreged, and taken 10 sea
"a. dumped behind balkheads.
A few years ago there was q conflict betweon the
Civil Engineer and Of the other buresn Officers at
tbe Yard to the right OF occupancy OF one of the
bufidtaS in Flushing ave- The fofnsr had IN give
way Then, when IL decided by Secretary whitney
rear ago that the fire engine house should be ALTERED
sfo dwelling IL intended that IL should be FOR
ne Owl Engineer But about that time officers were
ordered In conusc ion with the ructon Of the new
twin screw armored cruiser Maine, and It was decided
70 use IL as a dwelling. a sort Of bachel0rs' quarters
for o<aeers contract has just been given for the
construction OF three story brick building with bus
stone tnmmnss IN Flushing ave. opposite Canton
vsieh WIN be occupied by the Civil Engineer IL
VII be 70 feet long and % feet front will contain
stsen rooms. and win cost about 10000. Ground