Connecticut western news., 1889-10-02
THE NEW NAVY.

Latest Vessels of the United States and
 Their Present Condition.
 Following are the latest men-of-war of the navy, according to the New York Times, and their present condition:
 The Dolphin was the first finished, and is the only one now at sea. She is of 1485 tons, and cost $315, 900, or $S4, 900 below the limit. Although at first pronounced structurally weak, she has succeeded in making cruise around the world, and is reported in excel lent condition.
 The Atlanta, 31s9 tons, has been in com mission three years, and has made cruise. She is now at the New York Navy Yard.
 The Boston has also been in commission three years, and has made cruise to Central America and Hayti. She is now undergoing repairs at the New York Navy Yard, and is of the same dimensions as the Atlanta.
 The Chicago, 45OO-ton cruiser, which John Roach built for $359 ,OOO below the limit of $1 248 ,OO0, has been in commission about a year, but has become more familiar to visi- tors at the New York Navy Yard, where she now is, than to anybody else. She will prob ably go to the European squadron as flag ship.
 The Yorktown, the first of the second edi- tion of the new navy, is now at Newport, ready for her speed and tactical trials. She is a gunbOat of 100 tons displacement, and at the time of her speed trial by the builders few months ago was reported to have ac- compfshed both horse power and speed re- quirements, but she then had 300 tons less weight than she has now.
 The Newark, protected cruiser of 40S3 tons displacement, is progressing favorably at the Cramps, and she is to be completed by Oct. 27.
 The Charleston is also a protected cruiser, but of 373O tons only, and is about completed at San Francisco. She was to have been in the governments hands on Nov. 20, 1888, but it was only week ago that she made her successful official trial trip. She will there fore soon come into the possession of the government, and will be ready for sea ser- vice by Jan. 1. The Petrel, gunbo.t of little more than half the size of the Yorktown, was to have been completed Dec. 2, 1888, but has only re- gently had her final official trial, prior to transfer to the government. She will be ready for service about Jan. 1. The Baltimore, 3 protected cruiser of AIS tons, building by Cramps from English de- signs purchased from Sir William Arm | strong (now Lord Armstrong; may also be ready for service by Jan. if promises are | fulfilled. Her time of completion was ex- penalties have been accommodating. The torpedo boat being built by the Her | reshoffs was to have been finished June 1. She is nearly ready.
 The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius is another | of the new vessels that is wholly in arrears. | She was to have been in the governments hands on February II, 1888, and the time was | extended four months. So far as the vessel l is concerned she is ready for service, but on her last trial trip an accident to one of her | pneumatic guns caused her to be returned to the contractors. She is about ready for her | final trial.
 The Philadelphia, 8 protected cruiser of 1925 tons, will be launched at Cramps yard on Saturday. The limit of time to complete her expires on Oct. P, but she will not be | ready for sea at that time.
 The San Francisco, protected cruiser of the same dimensions as the Newark, was also to have been completed on October 27, but she has not taken to the water yet. | The Concord and Bennington are both gun boats of 100 tons displacement, and, though the time for their completion was extended to Aug. 23, they will not be launched for | another month.
 The armored battle ship Texas, of 63OO tons, was to have been completed by Nov. 30, 1892, but the defects in the designs purchased from the Barrow Shipbuilding Company will cause an indefinite delay in her building.
 The armored cruiser Maine, 6648 tons, is well in hand at the New York Navy Yard, | and will probably be completed at the date limit, Oct. 8, 1892.
 | The armored cOast-defence vessel, which is limited to cost $2 2,0O0, 900 and to be of 4OOO tons, was contracted for by the Union iron works, San Francisco, and is to be finished | by Dec. IA, 1892.
 In addition to those under contract, men. toned above, there are IT other vessels au. thorized, for the building of which contracts will be awarded in good time. These are One armored cruiser of 75OO tons, one pro tected cruiser of $500 tons, two protected cruisers of 5000 tons each, three protected cruisers of 200O tons each, two protected cruisers of 1000 tons each, one armored cruiser monitor of 300 tons, one harbor de fence ram of 2OO0 tons, one dynamite cruiser of the Vesuvius pattern, one steam prac tice vessel for the naval academy, and foul
 steel steam tugs. Then the five double-tur
 reted monitors will also be part of the new | navy.