New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-10
WORK AT THE NAVY YARD.
VESSELS THAT COME AND GO.
THE PHILADELPHIA'S WONDERFUL |NN'h
CHANGES on THE SHIPS AND ANON"
THE OFFICERS

and when the people have maze up "''i
to visit the fast-sailng representatives Vi Vn'
Navy the new styles of marine archl'ecV"le' wac
whitc-paintcd war-vcsscls of the country Vhey
find that they are 70 leave the port they are IN
and 90 to some other The flagship baltiuioie
has never vet been TO the Brooklyn Navy faru'
Her visits 10 the port have been lying ones Ill
which, after remaining in the harbor lOr ""
DAYS she left il again on some business On
her return from her present misson-that Oh COIL
veying President Harrison TO Boston 10 a'fhu 'llo
celebration of Encampmcnt Week OF the w. a. W.
she is to he detached from the Nor'h A'i""'iD
Squadron and sent to Sweden with the pouS VI
Captain Ericsson, of Monitor fame. IL IS thoughV
that she will afterward be made flagship OF tne
European Squadron Her place as flagship OF
the North Atlantic Squadron is 10 he supplied
by the new cruiser Philadelphia.
Soon tie Navy Yard is to lose three vessels
which have been there for several weeks anu
one of them for several months, in which time
they have been repaired and fitted for sea Inc
runners about the three vessels which are TO De-
come the South Atlantic Squadron-the IenSacoa,
ESSEX and Enterprsc-have been numerous ana
,he time for their departure has been put AZ
various dates The latest order is for them 10 ne
ready 10 star; as soon as the 18th, but they VIII
probably not 90 10 sea on Friday. The Essex
orders to do so; some repairs 10 her machinery
have been made and the engines are 10 he urea
early in thi, week She has her powder on
board for when she came the yard last u
was with the expectation Of taking the BODY oi
Captain Ericsson to Europe, and she did not STOP
even 20 land her powder The Pensacola Is also
nearly ready; some stores are still being taken
on and it will Do necessary for her TO stop at Fort
Wndsworth for powder 10 load when VIII uahe
about two days Since the Enterprise came 10
! The ward she he's been put ont Of commission ana
repaired she then put into commission, ana
since then tie work Of getting her ready for SEA
has been hard for both officers and men. As All
Of her stores were removed from her when She
waa put ont OF commission, il has been necessary
20 put into her % large amount Of articles of every
description: then. also, II has been necessary 10
wash and clean the vessel. Yesterday the men
were huslly engaged washing the decks. There
are still many stores to be nut on board, ana II
J., hoped that she may be ready 10 20 down the nay
70 get powder Wednesday afternoon or Thurs
day morning
The guuboat Yorktown after being in the yard
for few weeks. went 10 Boston yesterday, but
a. in a show one star" goes out and another
comes in. 50 tie Boston. a vessel Of the White
Squadron is in the yard TO take her place. Re
pairs are 70 be made to the Boston while She
IS in the yard and She is 70 be put into the dry
dock The three monitors, the Miantonomah,
the Terror and tie Puritan, lie side by side ana
one thus has an opportunity TO compare the al
fcrrut stages OF work the reconstruction OF THESE
vessels The work on the Mantonomah IS well
advanced in fact is approaching compleuon
Both Of the turrcts are in position and one OF
Them is about ready TO receive It's guns, while
the other is rapidly being made so. The work
on the Terror and the Puritan is not 50 far along,
but IL progresses continually.
The sloop-of-war Yantc. whose recent good ser
vice along the New-Engand coast has before been
mentioned in The Tribune now lies in the upper
end Of Wallabout Bay. near the new drydock
When the boiler on the port side of the ship
was hoistcd out in the last week it showed what
cxccc,., care must have been taken Of the boil
crs by Chief Engineer Brown to make them last
rs long as tney did; they are all worn out and
roud no' have wlthsrood the pressure on them
much longer The new boilers which are to be
put in are now being made ready
The dvramite-cruisrr NcsuvIuS and the tor
pcIo-boat Alarm sull lie IL tie wooden dry
| dock. the Alarm in the upper end OF
IL The latter vessel is Icing painted, which
work will soon be- flushed The job OF painting
! tie hull OF the Ncsuvius Is not Yet Completed
and she is 10 ne tested to find her netaccntrc
points. probably early in this week Not~lth-
standing. she would probably have gone 10 Boston
| IN company with the Baltimore. rs the order was,
had It not been Tor some alterations in the engine
room nm regard 20 the bells which, for the present
di,alrange the system of bell Signals The electric
lighting plant Is also being pat in the vessel
Another Of the low-preS are cylinders for the
new cruiser so. was cast AZ tie Navy Yard
on Fridly, and the DINER work Oh the new cruiser
18Th.
- employed AT constructing thc "uhchih5 ways
tor tlC Maine.
The dctActing Of the Atlanta from Acting Rear
Admiral Walkers squadron, and the sending oi
tie boston t. tn Navy Yard ;0r repairs, leaves
ONLY his IA g>llp, the Chicago for active service
uurrr his command. The Atlanta. however. VIII
return III a few days, but the Boston VIII prop
ab.y not ne ready Tor sea AGAIN INSIDE oil At cANt
| two months. he future asslguMcptS Of these
vessel, are ISitatlrc the minds o the oilce's &" tlc
| service, especially OF those connected WITH the
! three ships. Although there Is no dctnl" IN
! formation TO b. obtained as 10 what disposition
will tx made of the vessels, there is General i1!h
| In the Navy Department about the proposed JOINT
| mauocuNlcs vi the vessels of the home squadron
| aud the olhcr new vessels III the autumn. These
evoullons will probably take place near Newport,
and, by virtue vi IN, rank, Rear Admiral "Mtl1rdl
| will be- entitled TO command, aud he VIII nave
the opportunity t. adapt the new fleet dfiI book,
recently adopted by the Navy Department. To me
| new organization.
The mastcss new steel cruiser Phladelphia.
| which arrived here ON friday nisht and anchored
| near Fort Nadsworth. 10 transfer her powder ana
| ammunition. viii not 20 Ia the Navy ldid uNtl
| tomorrow She will tncn receive her lnal httlnsS
for active service - flagship Of the North Atlantic
| SQUADRON, OF which kcaI-AdmIral Gheiardl
| is cOnmandant. TINS may ali BE- done IN
two or three weeks, however, and then The
| Philadelphia will be rs formidable war cruiser
! as there s In the Navy She Is IN appearance,
similar TO the Baltimore, with shaped DOW,
| Two smoke pipes, Sponsors for the guns ana her
| two iron military-top TOR platforms for machine
| guns nastS viii be like those OF the Baltimore.
| The building of the Philadelphia Is revival Of
the name made glorious under the gallant l@lu-
| bridge at the war with Iripoi TO recall htic
| naval history, the original Phlladelpha was
| wrecked on October 81, 1903, near lrlpoIi, ana
| being aitcrward gotten oil the rocks by the lurkS
| was burned at her anchors by party of Office
| and men under command Of Lieutenant DE a'ur.
\ story is told IN connection with tie recent
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