The morning call., 1892-01-28
A NATIoN's PEIDE

UNION IRON WORKS.
John Pdrtridge-DEAR SIR: In epy 10 your
communication FOR Information regarding the
uGe-Of-bat,le ship Oregon, / would say first that
she is one OF three ships that tie people OF the
United states have just cause 10 be proud OF. Inc
contract 20 build heT was gwen 10 Tie Union
Iron Works November 10. 1880, aud Tie con-
tract price was S5,l6l0OJ, tie ship 10 be com
Tlejed ia three years.
She viii be 344 feet long on the load-ws'er
line, slXty-ulae-iOOt beam, win displacement
OF 1O,35O tons. Her ram. stern post and stOuts
10 carry the bronze DrOpe.leIs VIII be made OF
steel she Is fitted Throughout with WdteruEut
compartments, each bu'kAe3d having It's own
Water-tlslt door. Size Will carry military mast
with TWO tops. In Tie lower top VIII be placed
two l-Vouuder ranid-hre guns, ana IN the upper
top TWO Calling guns.
The ammunition vii be taken uD TO these guns
through lie inside Of these mas s. She viii
caIy one amor bet, extending from bow 10
stern with a thickness IN The middle Of eighteen
Inches, taIeiiug slightly toward The ends. The
belt extends three feet above and four feet six
inches below The WaleI-liue. The diagonal a.
NOR is five inches thick. Tie tuIret amor for
the Is inch guns Is seventeen Inches iHlcE. The
amor for Tie 6-inch guns l. i've inches hex;
FOR the 6-p0unders, TWO inches, ana for lie /
FOUNDERS Two inches tblc6.
ARMAMENT AND MOTIVE POWER.
The sTmor for lie coming tower is 10 inches
thicN. Her battery consists OF four IS inch
Ore ecb-loadIug rifles four S-Iuch bTeeCb-
loading rifles, fOuT G-iuch guIs OF lie same
make, and a secondary battery % rapid
nrlng guns, GaiHuss, etc, together with The
the equipment OF Tie torpedo service, which
plays an Imiorian Part 10 modern Waf7re.
Her motive power consist Of Two sets OF
u.ule-eLlausIsu yeUicalmOunted engines OF
5000 lo. Sc power. 4. Us revolutions per min
UIe. ssh 3cu w.i. give lien speed q tf-eeu KNOTS.
She Las tW0 composition cOuuruseTs. with q
cooling surface If 1906 square feet. -Four
dgUbI.-enCet c}iudI ica. boilers, Is feet diam
eter, is feet long, and two sHge.euded auXl-
lazy boilers, all 10 Cduy steam a. a working
pressure Of 100 pounds peI square inch, are
prov ded, hey have total heating surface Of
1890 square feel aud are placed IN four water
tight compartments
As 10 a comparison with the vessels Of Euro
pesu powers, she stands abr asst OF any vessel
now atoaI. Her aTmOT. though not so thick as
some of The English vessel, Affords better pTueC-
lion because Of lis superior quality. Her battery
Is more effective on account OF the latest I'M
prOyemeuts. and particularly for the disposition
Of The guns, which enables n-ariy all OF them 10
concentrate on az object close 10 The ships side,
without interfering wiki each other.
THE envy OF JOHN BULL.
Last year a Leading naval architect from The
English GOy-Tumeut-DaWe nor STA ed-msde z
trip through our country especially 10 examine
into tie WOlk that The United States was doing
and ID his report 10 the home Government lie
calico attention 10 these three ships, and added
thar they VIII be tie most formidable afOat. The
Secretary Of The Navy tn his last report, men
TONED this fact as very significant
JOHN SCOTT.
The lecture was illustrated by a blue
print furnished by the Union Iron Works,
and proved an Interesting subject.