Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-02
PRETTY WE'LL HEELED.
THE UNITED STATES HAS SOME
GOOD WAR SHIPS.
A Brief Statement of Naval Vessels Now
Available-Others Which Are Being
Constructed-Chile' Ships.

The San Francisco Examiner OF Sat
urday prints illustrations of all the mod
ern vessels in the U. S. navy with the
following explanatory statement, which
gives good comparative view of the
marine power OF Chile and this country.
OF this feet the vessels which are in
condition for immediate service are the
Baltimore, now at Valparaiso, 4,413
tons, four 8-inch and six 6-inch guns I;
the San Francisco, at Callao, 4,083 tons,
twelve 6-inch guns; the Charleston, in
the China seas, $3.50 tons, two 8-inch
and six 6-inch guns the Boston, on her
way to Valparaiso, 3,1S9 tons, two g.
inch and six 6-inch guns; the Yorktown,
also bound for Valparaiso, 1,700 tons,
six 6.inch guns. On the Atlantic side
are the Chicago, 4,500 tons, four 8-inch,
eight 6-inch and two 5-inch guns the
Philadelphia and Newark of 1924 tons,
respectively, each carrying twelve g.
inch guns the Atlanta, 3,1S9 tons, two
and six 6-inch guns; the Concord and
Bennington, each ZOO tons, and mount
ing Six 6-inch guns; the Petrol, 800 tons,
four 6inch guns; the Miantonomah,
double-turret, ironclad monitor, 5000
tons, four 10-inch guns; the Vesuvius,
dynamite gunboat, 725 tons, three 15-
inch dynamite guns-altogether making
fourteen ships, mounting four 10-inch,
fourteen S-inch, ninety 6-inch and two
5-inch rifles and three 15-inch dynamite
guns.
OF the vessels not yet completed the
most important are the Oregon, Massa-
chusetts and Indiana, battleships OF
10000 tons each; the New York, ar
mored cruiser OF s, 150 tons (now nearly
ready for launching); the Pirate and
her mate, ''No. 49," triple screw COM
merce destroyers OF 1900 tons each (the
Pirate is nearly ready for launching and
No. Is is begun) the Monterey, coast
defense vessel of 1000 tons, now being
completed at the Union iron works;
"No. g." cruiser of $500 tons (re-
Gently begun at the Union iron works.
the Puritan, barbette battleship of
5000 tons (almost completed at Roach's
shipyard at Chester, Pa.); the Maine,
armored cruiser of 664S tons; the Texas,
armored battleship of $500 tons (both
the Maine and Texas are being built at
the United States navy yard at Norfolk,
Va, the former being launched and the
latter nearly ready for launching); the
Raleigh and Cincinnati, cruisers of 5000
tons, and the 2OU0-ton cruisers Detroit,
Mobile and mo. H." the Detroit being
already in the water and the others
nearly ready for launching. All the
completed ships are of the most modern
type, completely provided with the
latest and most effective armament and
in every way thoroughly equipped.
The Chilean fleet consists OF two old
style ironclads, the Huascar and Almi-
rante Lynch; the cruiser Esmeralda,
the smaller cruisers Errazuriz (now on
her way to Chile from France, where
she was built), the Presidente Pinto
(now in Europe), the Captaine Prat
(not yet completed in French ship
yard), the Condell and Lynch, small
torpedo cruisers, and half dozen old
time wooden warships. Of all this fleet
none is match for such of our cruisers
as the San Francisco, Baltimore and
Charleston, not to speak of the heavier
battleships.