The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-11
0un VAR or TO-DAY
An snportsNt ana Very rntsrestinx Re.
esnsseacatisw OF Our War ships. with
CotreeteA FleWrss o. Their nlseiaeen aonta.

An 1nportsNt ana Very Intssestlnx ne.
| esassiaeattew OF Our War ships, with
Cos~eetsa Fnswres ~ Their bissiseemsnts.
WASHINGTON. March 1c.-The most striking
ohanRe In tho new Navy Register. which has Just
been issued. relates to the list OF ships. Sec
rotary Tracy's recent order altering the rat
inss. has been put In force. with very note
worthy results. Its tyo great features were.
! IN the nrst place. rating armorclads. like un-
| armored vessels. according to tonnage dis
Placement instead OF tonnage measure
mont, and 80 giving them all higher places:
ana secondly raising the standard Of ratings,
which carries some Of the vessels lower.
We ind. to begin with. that all our first rates
OF last years Register have disappeared: In
other words they have dropped into the list Of
second rates. This results from putting the
minimum limit for first rates at 5000 instead
OF 1000 tons We have. therefore. no first
rates now on the list OF servicoable vessels |:
out there are ten building ana the next Reg
lister will not repeat the present racancy.
In the second rates. comprising vessels be-
| tween 5000 and 1900 tons. instead OF between
1000 and 1000 as formerly. We start of with
the baltimore. Chicago. Philadelphia. Newark.
and San Francisco. all brought down from last
years first rates; then we have the Charleston,
Lancaster. Atlanta. Boston. anil Pensacola,
which remain among the second rates; finally,
the Miantonomoh. which under the new rule
passes up from tho third rates. On tho other
hand. the Maine and Texas arc RELOCATED
from last years second rates to the
list OF ships under construction. this
being one OF several instances Of moro
careful work In tho present Register. Why
the Maine and Texas should for years have
appeared on the servtceable list. while other
hn1 Il "A L.
last year they 80 appeared even when sep
arate list OF ships under construction had
been formed on which were some that will be
finished sooner than they. OF three other
second rates Of last year the Richmond. in
virtue OF her 2.7OO tons, drops among the
third rates. and the Omaha goes to the list Of
unseryiceable;' and there too. we now And.
old Haord many year 1as a
nous flagship should hold i plac. on the navy
ilsf b th9 9SLh no longer ut for active service
1000 ana 900 a. formerly. TSe arst Change
q O.Uo tons. aud also the douhle-t urret mon.
it nr A Mianton9moh. AmphItrite, ,Monadnock.
ths tSs
the Puritan is completed. she: like the Maine
while the Miantonomoh will Of course be
duly j9 nIs by her sister ships. Next We oh
rae xh 1 6 S,iRR rS ra atom
She Is followed by the thirteen single-tur-
set monitorss, Ajax: Canonicus, Mshopac.
jason Eehlsh. Monaat. NaRsnt Na ne.sEi
and rndd passaiS or lust years four i9oton
Ing the Marion and MohicAn. Then come tho
bsn se and
sound aaa Sspi" Mkt ~! folSws
trim poPhn With the F IsF stes' cS ss' tns
Adams. Alliance. Essex. and Enterprise. while
@ss s ans ss tire s kS the S
raddie.whsei Monocaey. Tho Tieiis OF A Ar tic
t shsiTvice ana the Alert and Ranger wind up the
From the fourth rates. which are hollow 1000
ions. the t RespS,sch has dIsnppeared: This
vessel Vesuvius. which heads It. tho Yantic.
w VI, a hns dropnea from tn. third rates being
trel. the Michigan. the Iinta. and the Paios.
Our little class Of torpedo boats Includes the
fESrnSe;do ram alarm AI and the Herreshoff boats
:, Tho tugs, now comprise, the. Fern. Catalpa.
a0Rt%Gss !SS dhSas sna 4ton
few have disappeared.
-, The class Of sailing ships still includes the
town. Portsmouth. Saratoga. and st. Mnrys.
while th sepqEateh from them as RECEIVING ships
HnmnsH1e Vermont indepenaeMes e. Msw
Rs WABASH tn nssd the 70 F. N tno
;, The present nnserviceahlo class takes in the
hartfS9Td. OMAHA m Constitution. Galrna. Swa-
But the, ships under CONSTRUCTION nre worth
far moro than all those that have hitherto been
named. They include tho three l0.200.ton
the ne HH1 cr seq
York tho inst 1885. ton protected cruisers No.
uri
tan. Amphitritc. Monadnock. and Terror: the
sSsst sHE
will make San Francisco safe: the two 1900
Ten flyers Cincinnati and E"!.igh; the useful
MarblGhead: the, gunboats Mac6ias and her her
mate; building at Bath; the ram under con,
Na,k;ota, Iwana. and W!nhneta. "
:, Still another point Of interest IN this new
which have too long been suffered 70 90 on. in
misstntnmcnt or nero estimate. The Balti-
has "9s na y ates
hor place in size at tho head Of our feet in
commission. the h1pors a., q which I have hereto
4,oig. nc Atlanta and boston. Tor Years put put
sach Th"e '" and 1T her %. hree
made 3;!s.,; Then :he Dolphin. once reprossnt-
Yorktown Concord ind Bennington, OF l, 763.
OF the Baltimore and Chicago the PHILADELPHIA.
Newark. and San Francisco by an obvious
ers but possibly in correcting It hereafter the
word partially" may disappear from tn" |
whole listas prefix for the word protected"
column giving the horse power Of the various |
vessels In accordance with the practice OF |
Of tho baltimore. the 1O.4OO OF the San Fran !!
cisco the 10000 o each OF the cincIlnati aud
KariEEh; the ia nv - y "a Ne 1920 q ths
we have something worth showing.