The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-04-01
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knot additional. and the same deduction for
each quarter OF knot deficient. The act
authorized tho Secretary OF the Navy TO
build the vessels in navy-yards if unable
10 contract for them az reasonable prices.
Proposals wero advertised for. but none
thin the limit Of cost fixed by Congress were
received. Tho Secretary accordingly IL
rccted that the vessel. 10 be known as orui-
sers No and No. 8. should be built AT the
navy yards at New York and Norfolk. re-
sDectiyely The chief constructor gave or
ders to begin work on No. under date of 2Gth
OF september, 1889. The FIRST keel plate was
laid the I!t th OF December. 1889 Since taen the
work has been carried on as expedtiously rs
possible against tho difficulties OF training q
new force OF workmcn and yexatious delays
in the delivery OF material In pursuance OF
the plan OF naming secOnd-cGss ships after
cities. the President decided that cruiser No.
8 should DO called the Raleigh.
HER DIMENSIONS.
The Raleigh has length Of 800 feet on tho
load water line. and an extreme bredth OF ~
feet Al her mean normal draught Of Is feet
OF sea water her displacement IS about 3is0
tons, the maximum draught thon being about
- feot. She will have two sets Of engines
working twin screws 1t estimated that hor
engines will develop 10000 indicated horse
power at full power. with steam pressure OF
100 pounds. This will drive tho ship at
twenty knots. Her coal supply AZ normal
draught will be 100 tons the bunkers will
hold 675 tons and with this supply she can
steam 1900 miles at full power. or I0,50O at 10
knOts-her most economical speed.
HER TSGINEs.
Tho engines arc Of tho triple expansion.
vertical inverted, direct-acting type. with
two low-pressure cylinders Her cylinders
are sc. 3d. 81 and 81 inches III diameter, with
common stroke of 81 inches. Steam Is sup
piled by four doublc-ended boilers, and two
single. ended ones. TO be used as auxilaries.
The crate surface is 5J1 square feet. and the
heating surface 1882. The closed ash-pit
system of forced draughts will be used. The
condeasers have each 7O)D square feet OF
cooling surface. The revolutions at ullpower
will be l6L
The main and auxiliary engines occupy
four water-tght compartments, and the boil
ers four others The water-tight subdivision
at the ends OF tho ship ls very complete. The
protective deck is one inch thick on the flat,
two inches on the slopes at the ends and two
and one-half on the slopes amidsnips.
eoferdam to be filed with woodite or cellu-
lose extends around the ship IN the wake OF
the water-hne. on the protective deck. The
ship has poop and fOrecastle decks. with an
omen oun-deck between the bridges extend
inc along the tops of aud hammock berth
iDgs connecting the poop and torecastle.
| The rig is that of q twO-masted schooner,
spreading 1910 square feet OF sail. The boats
are slowed on skid beams between the two
fore and aft bridges.
THE MAIN ARMAMENT
| consists Of one six-inch breech-loading rifle
| mounted on the forecastle and having an arc
| OF train of go degrees from quarter to quar-
ter: ten fiye-inch rapid-fre guns. two mount
ed Oh tine poop and the Others on the gun
| deck in sponsors. those on the poop and the
after two on the gun deck train from right
astern to co degrees forward OF the beam; the
two forward ones on the gun deck tram from
RIGHT ahead TO 90 degrees aOait the beam; the
others train II degrees before and abaft the
beam The auxiliary armament consists OF
eight six-pOunder rapid-fre guns mounted.
four over the forward and after sponsors on
forecastle and poop, two on gun
deck forward, and two on gun deck amid
shps: four one Founders mounted. two
on gun deck aft lin captains after cabin and
two on bridges two Gatlings mounted on the
tops The forward and after five inch guns on
the gun deck are protected.by four inch arnor.
The other sponsors have one inch armor
plntes The coming tower will be TWO
inches thick. as will the tube leading from 1t
TO the protective deck. There are SIX above
water torpedo tubes fixed ones ahead and
astern. and training ones on each bow ana
nuarter The tubes are Of the Howell pat
tern. using gun-powder 10 project tne TOT
pedo.
LIGHTED BY ELECTRICITY.
nlaut consisting OF two engines and dynamos.
each with an output OF 200 amperes at cou-
stant notential OF eighty volts In addition 10
ali necessary lights for illumination and
s.gnaljng there will be three Mangln search
light projectors The llghts Will De arranged
in sections on independent conductors. all
controlled from a switch board IN the dynamo
room so arranged that either OF the dynamos
can he mt ON any or all of the arc or incan-
decent circuits. ~
I'm. engine power of the Raleigh ia rela-
tivelv larger than that of any other vessel or
the United States navy, except the esuvlus
and the torpedo boats occurring as u does IN
conjunction with larger battery power. ne
cassltates larger crew. The complement
will bsabout 32O-24 officers, 80 marinessand
2 crew of 266.
Tberudder is partially balanced. Its weight
is about rs tons. The ordinary rlght ana Toy
steering year is used aetuated Dy a powerIui
stean-steering engine below the protective
deck.
COST OF THE VESSEL.
II is estimated that her cost completed. in
cludinr armament and equipment, WILL Dc
The actual weight of the ship when
launched was lao tons.
The Raleigh is the first vessel OF the new
navy 10 be built. complete. by the Govern
nent AS the machinery and boilers arc unuer
construction and now nearly completed AT
the navy-yard IN New York. In few days
thew the vii be shipped to Norfolk to be placed
The Norfolk navy-yard has well-equipped
plant for ship building, and; with an organ
ized force Of men, is capable OF oui,ding 70
advantaoe one or more of the new battle-shlps
20 be authorized by the present Congress.
DEATH HgELL or TIE TERMINA III.
s.td that v. wa. ro,,ad I'm Wall Street Yester-
day-Unfounded Humor.
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