Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-10

yin sssch . speed Of nineteen knots IN
hour
The protested cruiser building al San
Fnncinco. which j. 70 cost u. I'd, ooo.
mag possibly be launched before the end
Of the yer. bat this y IN doubt Her
armAmenr u "a consist Of four s-tnch
hress6loadinS rides. ten Siaeh rapid
frs breschloating Fide2 f01rteen D
goundsrs, ak l-P,under rapid firing
Oregon at san Francisco Ia which par
tieular interest - taken no time has
yst been Fixed for the Launching and
work on her Is progressing very slowly.
She y 70 b the longest of the great bat
tleships Of the new navy, although her
armament y % be exactly similar To
that 81 The Indiana. The displacement
Of both vessels viii be 2. 600 tons larger
than that Of the Nss York and 5000
sons greater than that OF the Texas.
The eoas Of the Oregon i IS, iso. 900.
while that Of the Indiana Is q. 0so. 600.
The armament OF both ships win con-
siss Of tour is-inch, eight s-inch, four
eincA breech-loading rides. sixteen
Spounders. four i-pounder rapid-fre
guns anu four 6stlipgA Ii is more
than likely. however. that many
changes viii Be made in tho ornaments
Of these - we'll Is Of the other cruisers
and bstslsships yet To be launched and
building. for the tests constantly being
made have led 10 many improvements
which are. Of course. never taken into
account Ia the original designing. II is
an interesting fact that from the time
the contract was let for the building OF
the Texas in 1888 to the present year.
The year of the launching, such vast inn
provcments have been msde in naval
architecture that the Texas is con-
sidsrsd an old style battleship, hardly
able To compete with the newer de-
signed vessels of the American or
European nsvisA
Both tho Indiana and the Massachu-
sets are building ~ Cramps. The cost
Of the ships is the same. as is also the
armament
The cruiser building ~ Boston. No.
IL. Is 10 cost t67 Geo. and IN armament
and general design IS almost the exact
counterpart Of the Detroit. The Monad-
mock, the double-turreted monitor now
being constructed at Mare Island, is on
the plan of the Miantonomoh, whish
has but recently gone into commission
It's armament consists Of four 10-inch
brcechloading rifles. two 6-pounder. two
s-pounder rapid-fring guns, and two
S7-milimeter revolving cannon Then
two Gatlings complete the outfit
The Pirate will be. perhaps. the next
protected cruiser 70 be launched at
Cramps. II is to cost So, rs, 600, and
has displacement somewhat less than
that of the New York. Il Is the frst of
the new cruisers in which the original
designs included the 6-ineh rapid-6ring
guns
Thus it viii be ssan that Uncle Sam is
preparing to protect his coast from in
vasion. There = one point ON which
the department Is at So It was origin
ally intended. 30 IT least h the report,
70 build At least two Of tho prsctice
cruiscrA But the Bancroft which has
iuss been lsnnched 1t Elizabethport.
and The cost Of which IL es6o, 900, has
proven altogether too ANAL, and it is
likely that new practice cruiser will
be ordered. designed on q more extern
sivs scale.
The pictures which are published
herewith are from the original designs
and absolutely accurate. They are
publishsd through the courtesy of Mr..
Hart. of 24s East Twenty-third street,
New York. the official photographer of
the navy.