New-York tribune., 1892-01-03
WORK AT THE NAVY lAkD.
THE NIAyIONoMOH'S DEPARTURE
DEARrn OF VESSELS At THIS sTAlloN-'fN
ERAL INFORMA1ION.

:, ,I ,on+oro,,nh ou Friday for Gardeners BAY
When tho several vessels Of the souadrons wh'h W''
here in the autumn sailed away the os m"i''"r nun,
vos left and now she too. has gone. True. the "'o
Vermont is in the Navy Yard and she hsN p''"''','
which indicates that vessel Is In coInms'io'' o'' S
g., No, eoa yolnr ON the contrary. she lies In the hu"
and * a permanent fixture IN the Yard beihe uS'" ."
a r.celvng.,hlp The only other commis'iohed hoVhi
,,ssoI I'm Tho por l. the traningshp Minnesota WIN"
lies In the North River.
The Nantnnomoh. however. probably VIII "", w
gono long. Th,, is the first time that she has pee"
ort - tho Navy Yard I'm several wears. In that tune
she has rs i, wcll known. been recohst'"'r mas
received new and modern nrmo- tnrrets ipd ordnhhce
a supcr,tructnre and been rehttcd. few weeks 't'
She wa, put into commission. and since ''e" NV
work ~ finishing her and making her r'F'N l"' N'' '
gone on The work on the fIrward tuirct WAS com
plccd: the elcc,iic steering apparatus r'''Nrn ~
.c,ton. the vessel wn, put into the drvdock ANA h"f
!. ttom WIS cleaned and painted. ana she T'''N'"
stores, ammunition coal. officers and crew. iu'i'ur'
and fittings, ON Friday afternoon the ship left ule
Navy Yard and started for GnrdncrS IhY. |" hhN'
.nne trial, of the guns. She was anchored ~ Nh'"'
stone Yesterday until the storm alhi"'. l''c '''
the four 1O-nch riGo>. two in each turf't ANA inc
guns of the secondary battciy mourd'd on Inc super
structure and on the military top of the mast I" De
tried The big IO-nch guns wc:r tested mt T." NaVhI
Proving Ground, b-fo~' the were mounted on II"
vessel and worked ,atisfartorilv 80 that now their
test will be largely 10 II the gan carng'~ ana the
machinery for operating the guns are satisfactory ~
,,on os the gun practice j. completed
the Miantonomoh probably Will return 10 'ih- port.
The Ofhccr, Of the ship are A. follows ''?d'"
Montgomery Slcarl commanding. Lieutenant Com.
mander Asa Walker. execu;lvc; Lieutenant y +.
Mason. navigator licutcnant>. W d. Calcion and j.
Mctr,cken: ensign ". II. Faust; surgeon. J. NJ Fhnt'
pavma,tcr j. j. Barton. chief engineer. g. W Nag'r
passed assistant engineer. !. L. Blcg
The Navy Ya,d +, now quiet. The regular work J.
being carried on in th" various departments >t"HiN'
Much proerrs. &, Icing mad" III The making ana the
erection Of the engine, for ia" ne" 6i'efI' 'Ihht"
and Ra,cish or Cruisers No. and "" = no" Doing
built the former at tho Brooyn Nayy iar ti" latter
al the Norfolk Navy lad. Nany - tbe pni' OF the
engine, are finished and the other being made" and
I'm the erection shop the cIccOn of The four s"t> -
engine, j. well nader way. The boilers also "T in
coI~, of construction, and e1'i Won 80 'H"h d'r'
some t.mc in this week nest hyinhhr r"-i "i th"
cylinders ana .icam pip, %: t'- engine i> TO %" he'd
The V.,cr will IT, put into ID" part 4" Do ir'"h ana
then pre,,ui, applied 90 ID" high pr'r-nrr CYLINDER
the pressure VIII b. 21U pounds lp tie ~GiW iu'h "h
the intermediate it VIII be TO pounds to tie 'qnar
inch and on tlc low pressure II VIII bc niuc'y h'o
pounds to the ,quarc iuoh.
II /, expected that The erection o The engine VIII
be lnl he'd about juno /. and thcn steam irAl -
them may be held. Jtuuarr /. i-J5 j. the time hy
which IL }, thought thtt iicN VIII o. H''''" -" "'
vc-~,l-.
The tc~ts ~ tie American mad" wcld"., -"'l iuh"'
which were being male finished. ami th" cp'r;
of them viii soon be- -"ut -. the D~p1 tm'ni a' Ni-h
.ngion. The tube- which lr'c been ;c-tel furnished
much hciirr rc,ult, than am other tul"- obtained.
TWO specimen, ~ the tul> weIN furnished 10 undergo
the following tests: IN" tube end va, T." b. anneaicd
and then naugcd over 10 hafnrh. ac other cnd Z" 0c
expanded by taper mandrel til II ~pht short pieces
,nc diameter in l"ueth were to b" n'encd under a
steam hammer 10th bDf,c and after being auur;'rd
.tr.p, cut lcnrthw.,e wcr. to b. heated cherry rf.
plunred in va,cr ~ 80 d,erc> Fahrenheit iui ti'"u
bent fat back 90 ticm-cyc,. 10 lind Il It Wa po-io!"
10 harlcn them. English tIbe,, which hav" been u-'d
lrfo,c have pd,-cd a." other c>t- but failed la the
quenchius te,t-n which tAc red hot tuOe !, plunged
INTO water.
Tie -orni annual examination Of apprentice boy> n
The yard for promotion +, to begin tomorrow. After
boy. ai. admitted into m" yad y, apprentice, in tha
va ons departments. they examined twice a year
10 ascertain their progIe>s and md whether they Dc
serve promotion and consequently higher pay. or must
rcman longer in the same place or should be III,
charged
The dynamite cruiser Ve,uvius arrived IN the port
Yesterday afternoon from Norfolk She i, at present
attached t. the North Atlantic Squadron. Assistant
Engineer ". II. Chamber has been detached from
du,y In tho Bureau Of steam Engineering at Washing
ing Of the Maine. He a favortc in Washington
society," and regret /, expressed at hs departure.
Until the case OF Lieutenant commander g. VI Eook
i, settled some promotion, Of officers VIII be de
laycd IAcl tenant e. q. Alhb0ne Lieutenant X. !.
Nulican Qunior grade. and Ensign j. H. Gibbons
have been examined for promotion and passed sue
cc,sfully.
There are now thirty six vacancies In the Naval
Academy and I'm June there will be twenty eight more.
In addition 10 four appointments at large at that time
To ill these vacancies sixty four members Of the
-ent Congress will have opportunity 10 appoint
cadets from their respective districts.
The new I2.lnch gun which ha, been made at the
Washington Navy Yard * 10 be sent to san Francisco
rs soon rs possible. Foriy-two thousand pound, o'
prismac powder and ~ 900 SIX inch she'll, to be
sent 70 On. same place from League Island.
The gunbOat Machia>, which was recently launched,
IS named after "A small town in Moine, and IA sug
gestion la, been made that the people OF the town
give 10 the new vessel some relic. Of which they
have many of the capture Of the Marearetta in 1913.
The Army and Navy Joumal7 contains dcscItp
ton Of a newly Invented submarine boat. model o:
which has Just been completed by the Detroit Boat
Works. The model Is 40 feet In length, feet in
width - feet in depth. The boat Is the invention
Of "A Chicago man. George &. Baker. Reversible pro
peers each side Of the boat cenaic the immersion
by means OF them the forward motion of the boat
can lie changed 10 II vertical downward motion.
There Is a ruddcr under the stern, controlled by
La steering wheel in the tower. Enough air can be
stored to supply three men for seven hours and
the air in the boat be changed In two minutes.
The interior Of the boat l. lighted with incandcscent
electric lights. and there five peephole> around
the tower. Entrance 10 the YES icl j. obtained
through the Observing tower. The boat has for
machinery a 80 horsepower Roberts safety pipe boiler,
7Ys-inch Willard engine. exhaust condenser p
Worthington duplex pressure pump. II hand force
pump and "a IOx16xI2-inch Hughes blowing engine.
4 new order dated December 20, 1891. and signed
Iby secretary Tracy the apprentice boys in
the Navy. ii Il follows:
All boys will he enlisted third class apprentices
at 80 per month, and will be continued in this rate
while at the Training station
Deserving boys will be rated second class apprentices
At so PER month. after they shall have served in
cruising traningship six months ono
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