New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-17
DECK PLAN or THE PURITAN.

inches; mean draueht Is feet displacement. COCO
tons. She IS thus nearly double the displacement OF
the MantOnomoh and the three other double turreci
monitors. The principal changes consist In substitut
four l2lnch guns in barbette turretS and instead Of
hurricane deck upcrstructure is u be built be
the barbettc turrcts. As the axes OF the Il
inch guns will be only 10 IL feet above the waterne
they can be fought In much heavier weather than
The revolving parts Of the turn tables. the machinery
for working them and loading and training the guns,
ii inches thick. backed by 5 inches thickness OF
wood and iron plating and system Of horizontal and
vertical grderS Further protection TO the breech OF the
guns viii be- afforded by slopng shields OF amch
steel There will also be six finch rapid, firing
Of the siperstructure protected BY stcel-armorcd
shields. There will also be two 6pDunder and four
3-pOunder rapid-fring guns, four 81 mmetrc Hotch-
kiss revolving cannon two OF which will be mounted
in the top OF the military masp' ana Tour UatlnS
The hull Of the will be protected by belt Of
Of the deck IA inches thick and taperlng to inches
at the armorshcl for length OF 100 feet, protect
For this 5s4 tons Of armor will be required. This
armorbelt win be strongly backed by wood tagging
there two tblcknesses Of One-inch steel armor-
plates There will be 446 tons Of nickel-stee armor
coming tower will be built OF IS tons Of ionch nickel
forward barIette, and will contain the steering wheel.
mechanical telegraph speaking tubes etc The ortei
In which were mounted two PARROT guns. and shell
exploding within endangered the life OF every person
inside. The present barbetc turres are divided into
two equal compartments by a central bnlkhead thus
II one gun should be silcnced disabled In any
the iurret will still have another for operation. The
gln-carriagc. part Of the gun itself, and all the
machinery for loading, ccvating and depressing the
gun and the employed In handling the ammun
zion and working the gun viii all be below deck, and
consequently will have abundant protection. As the
pot house or sight tower Is the top the forward
turret at first thought one would suppose 1t to De
most undesirable place 10 he during battle but the
plates OF this structure are placed ut such an angle
that the shot from enemy striking II would prob
ably do no further damage than that by the
shock rs II ganccs OF
The barhete tnrrets rest upon trucks which
revOlve upon steel track fitted 10 the bcrthdcck In
n circle these being rcvoved by a gcared wheel next
to the base. In which n pinion plays. and IS driven
by an independent engine below the deck. The mil
Itary mast. which Will be large steel tube about 80
inches in diameter at the base. will extend about SO
feet above the supestrncture deck and Will be utilized
as "a ventator for the engine and firc-rOoms. IT, will
have tops for the search light. and for wo
OF the Hotchkiss revolving cannon and for signalling
purposes. Eecrl: lights will be provided for every
part OF the vessel not only for Interior illumination
ut fr the side lights and msstheld-l ghts In addi
ton there viii be lights OF several thousand candle
pvScr safeguard against night attacks by
and tOrped0 boats.
In the eupersructure between the two bartettes