New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-07
TIE NrANrONOMAH.

able to vanquish AID sink any vessel that might
be sent aLailst her
No charges are - be made in the general d-
mcn>0nS Vi the Puritan, winch are rs lolIOWs'
Displacement. $3.50 tons: length between per-
lpudiruars. ?90 feet: beam, 80 iec' /! inches;
.cfu draI-ht : ip.f - Il inches The cG2n-eS "a
Le made Isist IN substut ag Ter he iour 0-nch
guns n ro cr-base turIois for @-in'h -Ehs II be.
lct,, tUr.eis: and Instead Of the hurricane Geek
% supcrstru"turc 5 Icing built between tie har;
bette turrets. he aAes OF tie LINEN Guns VIII
be- 10 - get above the water. winch WI! pefmt
their being lou.Lt in much heavier weather nun
WAS possible with ro.Ier-baSc turreis. The re.
Nolying parts oi the turntables. the hydraulc
marhin cry for turning them. and the loading ana
cicrating of these guns VIII he projected by men
harhcttcs having STEEL armor / lh'heS tltcK
backed hv inches OF wood, TWO 2'-pound pIa'es
and a system of horizontal and vertical 2lrdHrs
These guns will be incloSed in soplng tira-tape
shle's OF steel inches thlck. me otner arm arm
ament viii consist of IN i-nch rapd-lirlng flnAs
vo on the main deck. protected ny +-lnch afhlor
harretios bull; in as part Of TIE sNp'rstruetnre;
and .our on top of the sGprStrGc'uie prole,1H
by shields Two 6-gounder', four "-!ouh'er;
Ard four 3.-miliiurtrr revolving, c3nEOns Two or
them in the military top.
Tie huh ri lie ,e,.cl VIII be- protected by a
bell of ui,,rl-platr oi-ior . fr"i inches deep,
I inches fhicl, ~ 2 polni foot below flc water
line end there 'arerinc 10 q inches ~ tire arm"r
shelf f1r a lcu"th OF 100 lee'. pr"t'cune re en-
giros boilers. magazines. shcil-Ioolns, etc I'M
,ncdiatr'v forward luG abaf those points the
belt is reduced Ia 10 inches IN ihi"En">s ior q
lcuat. az 90 feet. ani a' the ems - reduced 20
i2o,iuq ara . system Of rigid frames end grid
c,, over the main dcc; there are 10 he two
licl,rrsN,s of l-inoh deck armOr. \ coming
tower protected rY 10 inches of nicl Sfrr' amor.
will be- Immediately aran lie forward barh"itc;
1v.is v.ill cnutr'r the Steering wheel, mechanical
,elcsr2pl>. speaking tGbrs. etc. The hull Is SUBJ
divided into numerous water tight compartments.
WITH % view 10 combining Siieugth with safety.
4 iiru ~UBpr~i'uctur' j. 10 ID" bulft on deck.
extending f,oir l@rLettr 10 harbr'ir Within which
9rr - lc the quarters for the Offices, thereby
pprrtiin. The Of nearly al the hrr'h-deck Tor
b,rthinr Two grow and Giving excellent accomno
datious for both officers and mon just abait
the smoke pipe VIII hr p;ac"| n military mast. is
inc about - feet aho-n the Sun"l STRUCTURE dccS.
hollow about 80 inches J." diameter. and fttc ~
an pptakc Dr cXh2gsi ventilation for the engine
room This mast will haze Two 'opi. or plat.
forms one fttcd to carry two machine gurs. and
no ot lcr for scarci-iiet. Elect ri LIGHTS are 70
he provided 20, every port of the vessel not only
for internal Illumination. hat (,r tle sife-lghts
and the masthcad-lie,.s: and. in addition, arc
lislts If several thousand candle power are 70 he
provided as a sGfcgu1rd against night attacks ny
rams end torpedo boats. ehcSe chances III the
purfan's nlans. which viii male new vessel ~
Ter a?r the ror; Of Naval Constructor Philip
WicAhorq white the enginns ana machinery are
improycr.euts hv the Bureau Of Steam Engineer
irg and those Of rhe Armament ore features de-
siqnei by the Bureau OF Ordnance.
Many 90 the improvements adopted for the
p.rjt,n have been adopted in tic completion Of
The Terror, .hr NmDhitntc and tie Monadnock.
The Department on ANIL p, 1883. contracted with
the Pneumatic GI2 Carriage and Power Company
for furnishing and fitting complete pneumatic
system for working of t'lrrotS and The four 0nch
Guns for steer;rq the vessel under al. conditions,
and for thc raintenancr 81 uniform refrigerating
tcmrpraturr Of - fcero-S Fahrenheit or less II
required IN such room ~ sp1c" aboard that vessel
as NAV be es.aa.pd for the pGrrosc."