The sun., 1890-05-11

and praise her. She had only been In this
neiEhborhood overnight having come down
like tho wind from Newport the day before. On
her way down in a choppy sea- against IL head
wind with crow Of green men, anu burning
only hard coal she had beaten tho famous run
of the Now Then OF July II, 1887. making the
run in 6 hours and 81 minutes. She was not
really pushed on the trip. either. Generally
speaking, tho Cushing has proved herself capa-
BILE of speeding at the rate oil 22's Knots an
hour all day long. In one hour she has made
81 32-lOO knots. or % mics. She Is los leet
long. and can pump her weight in water
in ten minutes. She was named after Lieut..
Cushing Of the navy, who sunk the
rebel cruiser Albemare. The Gushing has
not got her armament on board. Whom
eouipped. MS shown in the cut. she
will carry torpedo tube on each bow and
torpedo gun amidships, SO that she will be able
10 launch three torpedoes at once. She will
have three rapid firing G-pounder liotchkiss
breech- loading rifles. rs shown, and two or
more GatnG guns mounted elsewhere shets
one Of the strongest boats ever built. 1t is es-
timated that on her trial trip she developed
moro than 700 horse power. She can be pro-
PEELED astern as we'll as forward. and has made
over seventeen miles an hour going in this
way Her queer color is technically called
French gray 1t renders!hcr almost invisible at
n distance. even by day. On her trip to wash
ington referred to tho Cushing made the run
in 2Sl, hours. a record that beats all previous
performances for that trip. Sho used only ono
boiler. with an average pressure OF eighty
rounds of steam. and, Notwithstanding tho
weather was thick and heavy. made an average
speed Of fifteen knots an hour.
The Cushing has been In existence only
about three months. She is the first sea-goinG
torpedo boat constructed for the United States
Navy. She was launched from the yard OF the
Herreshotf Manufacturing Company at Bristol.
r. l., on Jan. %. Her contract provided that
her official speed trial should consist OF con-
tinuous run OF three hours. during which time
the boat had to attain mean speed OF twenty
two knots an hour. As q matter of fact. "a has
been stated, II has been proved that the boat
Is capable OF maintaining speed OF twenty
two and a half knots, an hour all day long;
Premiums OF g. 600 and UPWARD ~ mdo were Offered
four knots an hour, whereas penalty OF SinoD
would have been eXacted had the speed fallen
trial "trip in March and was, accepted by the
Government officials in ApTil. At present me mo
IN sR9 hns 0i in s M
Of sixteen mon and four officers.
The Cushing Is in more RESPECTS than one,
American navy. and tho details Of her con
structi0n, especially OF her wonderful engines.
extremely
Official records. the principal dimensions OF
the Gushing are as follows:
Length between psrpendicuIars,. ... 1872 feet
Breadth q! J.. W. plane UnOuIded)..- 40
Breadth extreme .................... 1898 "
Depth Of hold Od.......................... al
Draught ordinary ....,......,........ 800 "
Displac cement in tons (-2IO poundsG SlA %
Tons per inch immersion at l. W. !. 1O2
Area q midship section ~ ~ 80 square feet
1tsa q ;vet'ed surface at draaRht -, ~
4 dssp io.d dra.qg6t 5 :: fee! iss5o
Area Of longitudinal immersed sec ,o
tlOn..,'..... f<tz
All materials entering into the construction
OF the hull and machinery were subjected to
tho usual standard Government tests. The
frames she'll plating. and all bnlkheads are
OF tho deck and bottom plating varies from
5-64 to h4-inch. anu was bent INTO shape cold.
Double frames arc placed at all water-tight
bulkheads. The fiat keel plates are riyeted to
each frame and securely bulted to the stem
and stern posts Both stem and stern posts
are OF forged steel. The keeIson consists OF
steel beam. The deck beams consist OF steel
angle bars, and are placed at every frame, to
which they arO connected by bracket plates.
Stinger angles OF the greatest possible
length extending from stem 10 stern posts arc
securely riyeted to strinEer plates and sheer
strakcs; these, in connection with the elltpti-
cal steel deck, give great rEi NY TO the struc-
tural strength Of the boat, and increase her ca
pacity to resist the shock OF waves when driven
into Il head sea.
All that art and science and iron can do to
make the Cushing strong ship has been done.
There is no doubt that the assertion OF her
builder and commander is true. that she Is one
OF the strongest ships ever built.
Ion water-tiRht bukheads, built OF steel