New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-11
THE CINCINNATI LAUNCHED.
BAPTISM OF THE NEW CRUISER.
,,,r RAN FELL IN TORRENTS. But TIE BAND
PLAYED GAYLY AND EVERY ONE
WAS HAPPY


Another ship was added TO the new navy oi o"'
the United States Yesterday, when 'he ci"'90 1es.
NAH cid into the steelcolored waters oi 'hc Ea'.
@ Tho pew vessel took her baptismal
| ,nnrc ami0 the thunder OF guns and the sniicN "
/ tam Whistles while the crowd which hao pa"eu'F
waited in the driving rain thronsh the Io"s w t
added cheers 10 the general tum'ut wiloh ece'' NV
rrsh OF the ship down the ways. The u'Ie u u
rncb had been set for 1o :4o O'Clock hut IL was ~.
. ond Quarter after that time before the STRAP
xoce Of wood which held the vessel imprisoned 'i
a. ,ord was out and tie vessel slid down the ways
in her launching cradle.
All this time the rain was falling ana 'nc '' ~
.ssemhlel TO see the launching was getihe Wei ~ %
,,e people Lad come to see the Launching "'" "V"'O
tre stood there II Il had taken several hours more
,o get the ship into the water. The cause OF te uf
o. that the ship had not been lacked up ei'o"'n
,orrard and il was impossible TO get the shores out
nom under her bilge htes a.,
Z, WAS about half an hour after noon Wheh Tue
socrotcr- Of the Navy, General Tracy ana Ms par"
6r,ve into the yard. With him was MaN" Mo'p'' ~
C3nsnnau and his daughter. Miss stella Nos"' "ho
- o. ctri.ton the new shin. As the secretary en-
,ereB the Navy Yard gates the guns of the saAluns
ba,,ery on the Cob Dock and Of the Italian man o.
war Giovanni Bau>an gave salute OF 7eVCn'c"" ','
Co,r,nodop Erhen surrounded by the Officers OF inc
Ward and the officers OF the Pausan. all IN unl''''
,re,ved the secretary and his party in the LFceui
lnildiuE
ouot Of red roscs. These CALAMITY peseu'eu
- ber nv secretary Tracy who then offered ms arm
.rA escorted the young woman TO the iauh'Mne P''-
trn which had been erected ct the bows oi 'ic N'i-
Z cnnan. III,
Among those who followed In the procession w'hcA
IN, secretary and Miss Mosby led 10 the paloi "'''
yovor Nosbv Of Cncnnati Assistant secretary OF the
Navy soley. Chief Naval Constructor Wilson. 'o'.
,oodoe Frbcn Captain De Iibcro. of the GIOVANNI
rsusan Captan A. : Barker OF the Philadelphia cap
tain Montgomery scagd Of the Miantonomoh 'aP'nh
y J. Hgdnson. Of the Atlanta; ComInahoel T. ~
sssbie Of the Portsmouth: Commander W. H. bfo"f
son of the dispatch boat Dolphin: Lieutenant oeu'on
schroeder commanding the dynamite cruiser Ncsu'"s
CAPTAIN j. ~ Miller. Of the receiving ship Vermont
7 VI Plair r. T. KICK William McNhster ana
u u Never of the Chamber Of Commerce OF INC
CIV Of Cincinnati: George stmitt. scott Benlam,
Edward picnst ard Robert McEorer'N "i
Cincinnati: Pa,master II. T. L. harris, Lieutenant
". j. Sears Mrs. Erben Miss Erben, Mrs fiSK' VIE
n, Lieutenant Fisk Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. NH'''
Ms Warng wife of Lieutenant Wanng' congress
men Clancy Coonbs and T. f. Naener, W. A. Powers
Miss Ida Powers Mrs. Robert BOYD and Miss Nm'"
canvas awning had been stretched over Inc
launching platform but even the presence 81 'ho
women and the perfume Of Miss MosbyS roses co'Iu
MT make II anything but cod damp and chc'fie9s
during the long walt which followed All the shp' az
fhe yard were cayv decorated with flag. which waved
In bucketfi!S and as the people OF the Naicnns ana
waiting hrons which alled the yard below the Lycenm
spread their umbrellas the crowd took or Inc ap'
pearance OF a huge. uneasy black toiio'e.
The sound of hammer blow on blow" vas BEARD
about the ship, and the tall lom of construct -
Fcrnnld who was In charge Of the buildn; OF mo
ship and was now experimenting her launching could
he seen standing on the platform giving directions
Sill the mass OF red and white painted steel did not
move. 1t getting toward o'clock when the
welcome sound OF the sev-rng The strap which
held the launching cradle to tho was heard ana
then the ship moved slowly at first and then swiftly
until with rush she reached the water ana ofpN'
her bows In graceful courtesy farewell 10 The lani
There Is something inspiring about seeing a great
ship move for the first time, and the cIoWd lrfe'e
its cold wet misery and its long walt a. II ch"eN''
Az the stern OF the Cincinnati touched the ""e'
the guns OF The ealutng battery on the coo ID"
fired and line Of tugs waiting IN the East River
blew their whistles. As the bow Of the ship
began to recede from the launching platform, Miss
Nosby raised bottle of American champagne, def ,
rated With ribbons, and breaking il across the Steel
cutwator said: Il chrisen thee Cincinnati Three
poles had been placed the deck Of the tincinnan
in the places where the na.ts viii be when she is
completed and over tlcm from stem 10 stern where
strctche long lines Of fagS. The Na'ioa! ensign
waved from her stem. and the Jack huiier'd from
her bows ~ she took The water. lhe tlhClHhA !
swept up the river by the Cob Dock and the Ola
D,zelJs tues took her ia charge AID brought heI
back to tRe Walabcut, where she Wa mooG'l
soIcside Tie bullhcad, and where she viii receive
the arD,r for her spOneonS and DC completed.
r,. urw cri.aer sal an even Acr Wien sue so'
in the wafer and the launch was pronounced de-
ci,d success In spite OF the dciai she drc" Just as
much water a. Lad been calculated by The aNa! c5h
strucfors and all the Officers were pe:i>ed WIN hfr
spu.tr1nre In an account Of the launchng the
Navy Yard Band shonld not be forgotten Tor 'ns mem
Der, OF II q GOD In the pouring rain and pa! &c chechl
me,CdseS throughout the long walt Luncheon pafue.
vere gwen after The launching on beard the SIP az
"a. ,ard ai the officers AID at The C)mmohore
house The Keel Of the Cindunaii was lio III Jan
uAr, 1890. She IS tIJlt Of ,iee J. ~ Iect lon y
o3 tcei s. inches dep:h Of mold - iec beam ana VI
., - ,ooe GisnjoceincY+ >hn AaS 1oG wateg.tight
comparmen-s. Her complement Of crew VIII We We
fwenr, four officers and 900 mon. she WI nave 'ci
Gvf,ncli rnns and one SIX inch gun In her mann Dt
terv Her secontary battery will consist OF egh' sit
uound,r and four one FOUNDER apid-'re ana Two 1at
Kng nrrs ste hos ram bow. and will carry TOR
pcdoss che hss twin screws and Is expecuo o., =, u
make nineteen knots all hour. Her coRDhg calaci5
IL j5s fnnS Her spohsons will be armnr'u; ana Nix
,.,1 have IN armored drrpc'ye deck OF u Inches.