Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-11
ONE MORE WARSHIP.
The Formidable Cincinnati Weds the
Blue Waters at Brooklyn
on A DAMP, DISAGREEABLE DAY.
ChriStened by the Faughter Of the Big
Namesake City's Mayor.
NEW KINKS IN THE LATEST CRUISER

BROOKLYN NAVY YARD, Nov. 10.-Just
why, of all days in the year, after long
spell of blue skies, the rain should come
down and cold northwest winds should
whistle about the Navy Yard when the
launching of the new United States cruiser
Cincinnati was to take place, naval otlcers
want the Agricultural Department to ex-
plain. Every one, from Commodore Henry
Erben, commander of the yard, down to the
humblest marine, was disappointed when
hs turned out this morning. But all hands
made the best of the conditions and began
giving the cruiser her final touches.
The new cruiser, from stem to ste IN, was
decorated with flags The unusual number
of warships in the basin made the scene
additionally attractive. The list included
the new steamers Philadelphia and Atlanta,
the double turreted monitor Miantonomoh,
the dynamite cruiser Nesuvius, the dis
patch vessel Dolphin, the training ship
Portsmouth and the Giovanni Bausan, the
italian cruiser, which represented Italy In
the late Columbus fetes in New York. The
yard was open freely to the public, an in
closure of about 80 feet around the cruiser
being roped of.
Miss Mosby Breaks the Bottle.
The launching was in charge of Naval
Constructor T. L. Fernald. The specta-
tors made up in enthusiasm what they
lacken in numbers. Despite the unfavora-
BILE weather there were many ladies present.
Secretary of the Navy Benjamin f. Tracy
arrived at the yard at noon, and Mayor
Mosbv, of Cincinnati, and his daughter,
Miss Stella Mosby, came at the same hour.
Soon after 2:11 P. NJ. the word was given
bv the Secretary of the Navy, the side
piece was cut and the handsome cruiser
commenced to move. Miss Mosby, with
bottle of wine wrapped in a miniature flag
in her right hand, stepped up, and, uttering
the words appropriate to the occasion,
gracefully smashed the bottle on the vessels
steel bow. The vessel slid down the ways
with increasing momentum, while the band
played 1.-The Star Spangled Banner" She
shot out into the stream almost as iar as the
old Vermont, which lay near the Cobb dock.
She was then taken in charge by the navy
yard tugs and towed back to the wharf
description of the Cruiser.
The Cincinnati is twinscrew steel cruiser
of ], 3S3 tons displacement, with heavy pro-
tective deck, great speed and heavy bat
teries of rapid-fire guns. She is 300 feet /
long, 42 feet beam, draws Is feet of water |
and has a speed of 10 knots an hour. A |
cofferdam is worked along in the wake of |
the water line next the outside plating in |
the coal bunker on the slopes of the pro- |
tective deck. This will be filled with cellu- |
lose and the purpose is to seal hermetically |
against the influx OF water any shot hole |
that might otherwise sink the ship The |
engines are triple expansion vertical, in
vested and direct-acting The collective |
horse power is TO- 900 at 164 revolutions per
minute.
The rig is that of a two-masted schooner, |
spreading 2,s10 square feet of sail The |
foremast has a barbette gallery for machine
guns just below the top. The boats are all
slowed on board. out of line of the fire of
the guns, on skid beams. The appearance
of the vessel is particularly attractive. The
amount appropriated for this vessel was
s., 1OO,0O