Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-30
UNCLE SAM At SEA
Not Exactly Such a Weakling
as He Is Generally Rep
resented to Be.
LIST OF THE WAR VESSELS
That Are Now in Commission and
Ready at Reasonable Notice
TO PROTECT ALL COAST LINES.
Some Of Europes Boosted Navies Would
Have Quite Hard Time
LIST OF THE WAR VESSELS
TO PROTECT ALL COAST LINES.
TO WHIP THE UNITED STATES AT SEA


are apt to imagine, and we could give some
of Europe's boasted navies a very pretty
fight if such thing as war were to be de-
ciared between the United States and any
of the continental countries.
When the war vessels in course of con-
struction are in service the United States
will have 81 vessels in her complement
These are exclusive of some wooden sailing
vessels and steel and iron tugs belonging to
the Government, which would be able to
render useful service in various capacities
While not all these vessels can render effec-
tive service in battle with the floating fort
resses of a foreign foe, they can be very use
iul TO the Government, and with our pro-
tected cruisers and battleships. not to
speak of the ''destroyers, the Columbia
aud her sister ship, Cruiser No. 13, America
would be able to keep naval foe guessing.
The armored vessels of the United States
navy are 13 in number Their descriptions,
names and general information concerning
their equipment, armament, etc, follow
Puritan-John Roach, of Chester, laid
the keel of the Puritan in 1875. She is in
course of completion at the Brooklyn navy
yard The Puritan is an iron, low free
barbette turrets. Her length on the water
line is 2S9 feet inches; breadth, 60 feet l 4
inches: mean draft, 18 feet: displacement
6O00 tons; maximum horse power, 8, 200,
and she can speed 12.4 knots an hour. Her
engines are of the twin screw, horizontal,
compound type. The main battery con-
sists of four 12-inch and six four-inch
breech-loading rifles. The secondary bat
terry includes two six-pound guns and four
! 4 %,,fr,r
=. II. {. guns and four gatlings. The
a.mor on the sides is II inches thick: on the
tIrrets, inches, and protecting the
barbettes, IA inches
The aIianatomah in Commission,
The Nianatomah is now in commission.
Her keel was laid in 1874 BY John Roach, of
Chester. She is All iron low free-board coast
defense moaitor, with two compound armor
turrets Her length on the water line is
259l% feet; breadth, So feet 10 inches; mean
draft, "A feet inches; displacement, 1890
tons, and maximum horse power, 4z6 She
l. Z slow vessel, and can only steam 1015
knots an hour, and her engines are of the
twin screw inclined compound variety. The
main battery consists of four ten-inch
breech-loading rifles, and they are of type
OF the most dangerous gun known to the
men-of-war. The secondary battery in
NAANtS Two SlA-IiOulu anu lHO IDTcc-pOuuU
rapid firing guns two 37-mm. and two gat-
ling guns, Her armor on the sides is seven
inches thick, and around the turrets II u
inches thick. She is a dangerous boat for an
enemy to tackle.
The Amphitrite is a 399O-ton monitor o
the iron low free board coast defense type,f
carrying two steel barbette turrets. She
was built by the Harlan & Hollingsworth
Company, of Wilmington, and her keel was
LID S1,a SC hair 1afa
at the United States Navy Yard at Norfolk.
lier length is 259 feet q inches; breadth, 55
feet 10 inches mean draft, 141@ feet; horse
power, 1,600 and capable of u knots speed
ler hour. The engines are twin screw in
clined compound type. The main battery
is made up OF four 10-inch breech-loading
rifles and two 4-inch rapid firing guns. The
secondary battery consists of two 6-pound
and two 3-pound rapid firing guns and two
35-mm. II. L. c. guns and two gatlings.
The armor on the sides is 9 inches thick,
and around the turrets ~ inches thick and
over the barbette, IL 4 inches thick.
A Fine Coast Defense Monitor.
The Mona6nock is an iron low, free board
coast defense monitor, carrying two steel
barbette turrets and was begun at the
United States Navy Yard at Mare Island,
Cal, in 1874 She is in course of compile
AlDA- IlGI III Is -Oot2 lctl, UTtdutu OO
feet 10 inches, mean draft IA feet inches, |
displacement 1890 tons, and 5000 horse |
power. She can steam 1415 knots an hour, |
and her engines are OF the twin-screw, hori- |
Z0ntal, triple-eXpansion variety. The |
Nonadnock has a main battery Of four To- |
inch breech-loading rifles and two 4-inch |
rapid firing guns, and secondary battery |
OF two 6-pound and two 3-pound rapid |
firing, two 37-mm. ii. r. C. guns and two |
Har he 81, ,s a -, ,bo
thick around the turrets ~ inches thick |
and over the barbettes III inches thick.
The keel of the Terror was laid BY |
William Cramp & Sons in 1874, and is be-
ing prepared for service at the navy yard in
Brooklyn. She s an iron low, free-board
coast defense monitor, with two steel tur-
rets. Her dimensions are: Length, 259k
feet; breadth, 50 feet 10 inches; mean depth, |
l41% feet: displacement, 600 tons, and her
engines are OF the twin screw inclined COM
pound type. She can move at the rate of -
knots an hour, and her main armament is
in the shape of four 10-inch breech-loadng
ribes The secondary battery includes two
six-pound and two three-pound rapid firing
guns, two 81 N m. H. r. C. guns and two
Gatlings The armor of the sides is seven
inches thick, and over the turrets 111k.
The eight armored ships whose descrip-
tions follow are the pride of the Navy De-
lion, power and other points of excel
lence. Their keels have all been laid since
1888, and they are armored war vessels par
excellence.
Description of the Texas
The Texas is a steel armored battleship
carving two steel turrets, and her keel was
laid at the Norfolk Navy Yard in 1889. She
is being completed now. The length is SOL
I. ct / inches breadth "a feet inch, mean
draft 22I$ feet, displacement 5000 tons, and
her rep Cines, of the twin screw vertical triple
t, xpansion type, can drive the vessel along
of ihe rate OF IL knots an hour Her main
battery is composed of two 12-inch and six
f-Inch breech-loading rifles, while the sec
onJarv battery includes twelve 6 pound
and Jour 1 pound rapid firing guns,
+opr 81 III m. Fl. r. c. guns and two
1.oTl;urs. Her sides and turrets are protect
81 I,y steel armor II inches thick, and the
rost of the hull and machinery will be 81,
100000.
the Maine is steelarmored cruiser,
,arrving two steel barbette turrets, was
5erIn at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1889,
and is now being completed. The cost of
,Le hull and machinery will be 81, SOC, 600.
Sbe can steam through the water at IL knots
IN hour, and is propelled by twin screw
rsrtical triple expansion engines The
main battery is composed of four 1o-inch and
.i~ 6.lnch breech-loading rifes, and the