Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-10
THE BEST WAR-SHIpS
escsrTARY rRAcVs OPINION OF
TWO VESSELS.
-.,,e,, I e.sons " Our New Navy In tho
soeech prepared for the Interrupted
Banquet.
,Nnw York TmnAl

New York nmcSl
.orr Navy" was 20 have been the sub
= Secretary Tracy's speech at the
Work. Board-of-Trade dinner Thurs
n'' --h, when the sudden death of Mir.
S,,. brought the programme 20 an
...t.l close. There were good many
Zinc statements IN the Secretary's
.''. INT. and. had it been read aloud,
nc those present would have learned
.. ,-.roriant practical lessons of tho
..,, After showing how the navy
die trade aud transportation of the
800 Secretary lTncy's manuscript
go as follows;
fen,ttt. dose of the war our navy con
.,.1 -pIvrssels and $1,000 men. IL was
-..-t aud most powerful navy the
-rf.i ever seen. In twenty-fOur years
v.' l-.m the first 10 the thirteenth
..y.r. Even little Misunderstanding.
.. .ro icnth of our population, one
...t. .f our wealth, and one hundredth
-o maintained feet Of ninety
....s against forty-two possessed
.... Iaitsl states. Had we not COM
If.. construction Of a new navy in
..v -qVll force TO-DAY would have
.- If most notifying and anomalous
''- riE NV SHIPS.
-, r.cars 90 the new ships the manu-
.r~ l..,ber I. 1890. bids were opened
..r..ts awarded for the building Of
.,.- afa cost which viii not exceed
.. ora quarter of million inside
.,.r.. each ship. IL Is not believed
....t..r equal as lighting ships exist to-
0.E-, displacement Of 10, 200 tons they
,-..r., .tr Of Si> feet. and feet 3 inches
e., I.yr speed VII, DC 1862 knots as
., ,-.r. and - knots sustained sea
90 v.,hI coal endurance ample Tor all
81. ..tfe coast. the Gulf Of Mexico, or
.. ...ra- and West Indies. Their side
... I- inches thick. and that Of the
..-.... .,.. Iarbettcs protecting the heavy
.-.. inches The battery is the heaviest
-f..,. Elective IN battle carried to-day
i-... -i.u adoat or projected. Into the
i...f Those slips are 20 be placed four
, ...-.-reh. eight eiCht-inch, and four
,.... guns. with sixteen siX-pOundeTs,
l-- .r.uuieTS. and four Gathngs.
o. iii nj these guns alone is $40 tons,
..t. d. carriages ia which they move
s-...- u1ra. or total weight of arIna-
H., .t.-l tons.
I'll .-.n.r 90 protect them adds 1,Cl0
,..-.-.,~. sr1 500 tons of ammunition
Oil. magazine Of each ship. The
v-- .. metal in q single discharge of
l-....f. fire. viii Doe 65.0j1 pounds, over
o. cons aui % half. and in the first ten
r,-..- q engagement one battie-shlp
v... ... 80 an enemy $500 pounds
g ,'.. Ihc energy OF single
grFT
ID s-. $1,000 tons one foot,
a. .rr.t-lte twenty-sIX inches Of
..,.. 10 would raise such ship as |
5. -...- ..1E. weighing 10000 tons, three
f...,.. '.s. AIR, and the total energy of all
f-..-- v.uli LIT one of these battle
tu.ltr-,u, feet from the water. No
ts...-. e. 10 ~ designed abroad has equal
q sep W. ,f Ieucy.
--..lI- .ue bat,le-ship built to fight
O.. l.' g. r.l away.
NoyEL TYPE.
-r .-.'ac,ed cruiser No. u we have q
s.r .r.lI.llly different and altogether
... '.Ie A. oar battle-ship Is designed
,.tt l.i not 90 run, this ship Is built To
.-. Dot 90 fight. She Is intended 20
g.. mn,rer-de,tr0ycr and nothing else
l..c..lat with foreign power its COM
r.-. u'l tins country would cease at
..r tlc breaking ont Of hostilltles.
.lt . essential, therefore. that We
i. able 10 strike their distant
d.. g trade with other nations. and 10
, t- Nc must 60 5000 miles from our
t1. ..-' Ior such work il is evident
t- cruisers like the Baltimore and her
c.-. Hi.,, total coal endurance Is
l-r. o., 5000 miles, are inadequate.
1.r would be unable TO remain for any
Co. trl..e length Of time III the held OF
s. unless We adopted the hazardous
C.ur.rt of either trusting 10 their
r.t.u-r cDllicrs from the enemy or OF
s.. ending golfers to meet them AT
..l. .I-uated point. No sooner would
O. -.eA their sphere of usefulness than
i..a.l.i be- compelled 90 start on their
l--. % the United States.
.l-...,T No. II IN designed TO meet just
g. s. contingency. She Il vessel OF a
l..t.-lye type. having no parallel IN any
o.. the world Her first characteristic
J. .-st speed. She is required 10 have
sustained speed III the open sea Of twenty
o. 81, Is. and II Is expected that she VIII
Isa twenty-five. To enable her 70 do
IT, -.e hls been given a length OF Az feet,
rl.-- 4er the longest man-oi-war IN the
v'.L She has s. feet beam and 7,40O tons
l.t....m mont. The machinery consists 0t
c-.l- three screws.
"fr means Of this machinery the enOr-
I e- amount of over 200O0-horse power
/ developed She will carry more than
81 81. If coal. which, at 10 knots an
Or, ssh give her an endurance OF lO3
t.r-ilamlus Of action of 25.520 knots.
S.ecl steam ont Of the harb0r of New
lr.. -Y around the world. and return TO
be- .ame port without rccOaling. The
81 e.TF,-ieck, four inches IN thickness,
D.. protect her yitalS against any except
!-vy guns. while she has battery sufii-
Cr,t powerful 10 enable her TO sink any
e. tc fast Atlantic liners that would be
tr.ei ir ,.t-protectiOn IN time of war.
+. i.- slip. however. the battery Is
E.-..,i o. speed and coal endurance. 1t
l.,f s4l.n o. run and not 10 fight. I'm
ostp HI.sm~tances would she engage a
ia,-.Lwlr. 5ut she VIII limit her efforts
e-'r,y O. the destruction of the enemy's
t-u,-c.. SIX such ships would sweep
q B.. - "a a.