The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-10-19
THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

Plans for twin screw armor-plated harbor
defense ram, authorized by the act of March g.
1889, have been completed at the Navy Dept
The design is by Rear Adm. Ammeu. The YES
sci is to have no armament and will be obliged
to rely entirely on her ramming in action. The
design contemplates length over all of 243
feet, an extreme breadth of 43 feet inches, and
a draft of 15 feet. The displacement is to be
2,050 tons, the indicated horsepower 4,S00, and
the speed II knots. The outside strata of the
deck armor is to be inches in thickness, the
next strata tapering in thickness from 81 to %
inches, and the remainder of the deck plating is
to be 81 inches thick. The side armor is to be
in two stratas, the outside one inches and the
lower 3 inches.
The Richmond has arrived at New London
with the New Hampshire in tow.
The Navy Dept. has been informed that the
recent test at the Annapolis (Md.) proving
ground of rapid-firing 4-nch gun mounted on
carriage was satisfactory.
King Christian of Denmark gave dinner at
Copenhagen Tuesday to the officers of the u. S.
cruiser Baltimore. The King proposed the
health of President Harrison. The King and
Queen and the Crown Prince visited the Balti-
more Thursday.
Lieut.. j. F. Simmons, U. S. revenue marine,
and until recently in command of the revenue
cutter John A. Dix, died at Galveston Tuesday
Of paralysis.
The following promotions in the Navy will
take place as result of the death of Comdr
G. L. Huntington on Wednesday: Lieut. Comdr.
Hitchcock to be comdr., 1t. Walton Goodwin
to be It, comdr.
The Concord made her last unofficial trial trip
at Chester Wednesday. The run of sixty miles
was made in three hours and forty minutes, and
Chief Eng. Peck says that everything worked
smoothly. The Concord is nearly completed,
and will be reported to the Navy Dept. in a few
days, when the official trip will be made.
Prof. j. NJ, Rice, who has been professor of
mathematics at the Naval Academy for many
years, will be retired at his own request in q
few days 1t is understood Ensign Philip R.
Alger will be appointed to succeed him. Ensign
Alger is now on duty in the ordnance bureau In
this city.
1t has been decided to still further increase
the length of the new battle-ships from 12 feet
to l6 in order to enlarge the main battery by 4
more S-inch guns, 2 in each turret instead of T.
The armor OF the S-inch guns is to be increased
from inches to 10 inches in thickness. The
protection to the 6-nch rapid-fre guns is to be
Increased from 4 inches to ), and the maximum
thickness of the side armor IS inches is to be
carried down II inches below the water line in
stead OF before it begins to gradually taper of
to 10 inches in thickness. The addition of the
S-nch guns will make these vessels the most
powerfully armored of their class aloat A
readjustment of the contract price of these YES,
sells has been made necessary by the increase in
their length, and consequently CTamp 6s Sons
will receive 3,063,3 333 for each of the vessels
Union Iron Works will receive for the other one
S3,223 1888 instead of SO, 10000.
First Lieut.. c.. A. Doyer, Marine Corps, hat
been detached from the Nipsic, and ordered tC
the Marine Barracks, Mare Island, Cal
The following-named enlisted men of Co. B
30 Bait, having passed the required examina
ton, are, upon the recommendation of their co
comdr, appointed corporals: w. b. Green
wood, G. +. 6wgart, j. E. Smallwood, and
Edward Andre.
The plans for the new twin-screw armor
plated harbor-defense ram, constructed after
the design of Rear Adm. Ammen, have beel
completed at the Navy Dept. The aim o.
the designer was to secure the greatest DOS
sbe structural strength and at the same tim,
present the smallest possible surface to th
enemy When aiioat the ram Will look like (
big cigar partly submerged. The principa
dimensions are: Length over all, 243 feet: Length
on load water line, 242 feet inches: breadth
extreme, 43 feet inches; breadth on water line
Al feet lOinehes; draught amidship, Is feet: dis
placement, 1850 tons; indicated horsepower
4,S00; speed, II knots. The outside strake o
the deck armor is to be inches in thickness
the next strake inboard to taper in thickness Il
its breadth from 81 to % inches, the remainde
of the deck-plating to be % inches in thickness
including the lower course Of plating. Th
side armor is TO be two strakes IN depth, the VI
per inches in thickness and the lower inches