New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-14
WORK AT THE NAVY YAKD
EXPERIMENTS WITH TWO PAINTS.
,nocp.NNE OF THE SQUADRON OF EVOLUTION

REPAIRS TO THE DOLPHIN.
o ,rocramme for the Squadron OF EVoiu-
,on has beep modified so far as relaUes " inv
dezvous at this port In the latter PaiV VI ~ :. Goo
poar Admiral Walker viii assemble ms neeV Va "a
vessels-the Chicago Newark Atianus $50, 't". ,o,nr
yorltovn-at Norfolk, and will sail rom ,ho'o i
than Julv for Boston, where feet exercises W."
-, Gov, davs About the middle Of July the squaoion
Su come n New-York TO engage in squadron H".o
vres embracing erything that pertains W " ,ar,,a
nract,ce In some OF these exercises the Naval W S
viii have An opportunity TO get practicai lde" y,
rort,no and workings of modern war vessels SiD -
structIon will be given in the use OF the pis go
rhoro &c q rrmor that later In the summer inc 0d
- 20 rvolutIon and the North Atlantic sqi%ifon w.
rDite with Rear-Admiral Kimberly al INC IT, 70
.hat ,bne they will take part IN Joint manoeuVres'
,hov do this II IS said 10 he probable tha' -
resembling actual warfare will be uhueI'"A'i' ,tio
,e looked upon among officers at the yard rs
,hot +he two souadrons will together TINS SUMNER
Rear-Admiral Gherardi who commands inc -'o,'
Atlantic SQUADRON will rendezvous his neev-eA''P
the Kearsarge, which will probably DC ue'aI''u
Port-an- Prince to look after American lhUIeStS -
ing the present troubles In Hayu-ln thls hdiD' 49,
LATER than June o. and then go 10 Gardeners BAY Io
800. r evorcscs The feet will then 60 TO Ports
month n H. to participate In the Four'n Vi Jug
celebration at that place. The dyna oi' -,
Wins will then return and be maze ready lol ~" -
trial of her pneumatic dynamite guns '"o w -
fitting the vessels of this squunroh i ,.,n,o 1.
unres The coaling of the flagship Pmlauelpnia 10
NOT finished as yet, nor Is the caulhne "a "'' ~
Little Is being done on the Enterprise
,,,cb interest I'm Navy Yard work In the last week
has been centred the protection OF the BOTTOMS
Of the new ships. Special attention has Deeh gwen
TO the condition of the hull Of the Petrcl tle TeslV
being an order TO repaint with the marine gercde
fire American paint that has stood the test so wen
ON +bo BOSTON and on other vessels. The Navy De
nartment has had to spend considerable amount VI
money In tests with antfouling paints In order 10 uc
tormine upon standard coating for the paris Vi NUNS
that come In contact with salt wafer ABOUT Sin
months ago the Navy Department decided that the
o-ire rorn,iede American and the McInncss metallic
conrositon OEngsh) were the two best paints, ana
that further tests should lie made with these In Jan
nary the Department authorized the painting OF ule
Chicago and the Boston at the brooklyn Navy 1au'
They were TO be painted under equal Conditions ono
side Of the bottom of each with the marine germlcde
pant and the other side with the Mclnness pant
Tho conditions for painting that each side should
receive two coats, antcorTosive and one anu
foulnr The agents for the American paint used red
lead and white zinc the anti-corroslve paint WhIs
the McInnesS's agent used composition mace aDiOau
The competing parties signed agreement that they
were perfectly satisfied with the in which the
| mint was applied, and the conditions imposed. and
TINT they would abide without complaint by the re-
suits when the ships taken ont into dock, let them
be they might The Boston came out of the water
| at the Norfolk Yard May II, and the American
paint proved itself superior the foreign article and
the board of naval officers 60 reported. The Chicago
came ont of the water June II, and showed about
the same conditions in favor OF the American paint rs
the Boston, In support Of which Captain W. y. Cook
sey superintendent of the floating property of the Chesa
peake and Ohio Railway Company at Newport News.
! Va telcgTaphed yesterday al the bottom OF the
Chicago Friday. The port side (Germclde) free
| of barnacles and shows the best results"
| Another important point in favor OF the American
paint Is that it costs about one-haf less than the
English. For instance, to coat the starboard side Of
the Chicago with the foreign compound costs SlOlo W.
while 10 coat the port side with the American paint
cost 1924 &C. In weight of paint, 2,371 pounds were
applied to the starboard SIDE but to the port side
| 475 pounds. There were 1872 gallons of the English
| antifouling paint put the starboan side OF the
Chicago in the last coat, against sxytwO gallons OF
| the American paint These tests have proved that
the American paint gives better results with about
one-half Of the quantity and cost The Petrol which,
before she taken from the drydOck, viii have been
rcpantcd with the geImicide paint has had other
| paipt used on her bottom since she launched,
over year ago.
The little gunboat Petrol is to have a new
| commander The for this IS that the Petrol
IS vessel Of that size requiring commanding officer
not above the grade Of licutcDant-commander. Be
cause Commander William II. BrOwnson has recently
| hcen promoted above the grade OF leutenantcom-
| mander he will get other duty. Lieutenant Com
| mander Edwin Longnecker Is mentioned as MS sue
ccssor In regard TO the report published yesterday
that the Petrol would be sent to the Asatlc Hadroh'
nothing was known on the vessel herself II IS true
that she would be useful In river service as successor
20 +la cunboat Palos II said that II the vessel
,orlh be sent abroad she would probably first receive
| NOW crew and new officers throughout, and also
30 her heaviest guns replaced with lighter ones,
| and nerhaps receive other changes.
| No orders have been received on the Lancaster,
sc Aavf Ia hCia Sod
| ON the ship on June %, and she Will sail for Tho
Ae,otic waters a few days later. The crew Is still
a,o,t eighty five men short Of tie complement. There
are now few men left as crew on the fanhc'
No date is fixed on which the gunboat Bennington
will be put into commission. Much work Is being
done upon her The gun tracks are being relad.
They were formerly laid felt but water cTept under
and leaked through and consequently the tracks are
bcjnc taken ND and again laid. this time the deck
blanks Some of the furniture is on board, but not
enough for the officers to take up their quarters on
the ship. There is still much work to be done on
the vessel.
building for storing coal Is being constructed on
the coal dock in the Navy Yard. The place Is to have
storage capacity for about 5000 tons of coal There
will be an apparatus taking the coal from lighters
and placing 1t in the building. This apparatus vii
probably also be used for coaling vessels from the
stOrehouse. The building is to be finished about
july l. but the coalng apparatus Will not be ready
until later.
The gunboat Concord upon which fatal accident
occurred Oh June ., when Moses Wright and Joseph
Fletcher two of the remen lost their lives has been
ordered TO the Navy Yard for repairs. The Concord
at gunnery practice in Hampton Roads. when
Of the steam pipes burst and the steam escaped
I'm such volume that the two men who were overcome
by il could not be reached and literally boiled
to death The accident was serious In its conse-
quences beyond the loss of lile as the boiler from
which the pipe led could not DC reached 10 shut of
the connections. The boiler practically ruined
The pipe that had proved defective and had
been plugged up, but the conclusion from the lrnc
of the guns started the weak parts and caused tho
explosion. The victims buried in the Gene
| terry of the Naval Hospital at Norfolk.
| dispatch from Norfolk published yesterday said
that the trdcass cruiser Do phin. the pioneer YES
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