The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-23
THE CRACK CRUISER.
OHcIai Test Of the New York Proves Her n
Wonder.

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Wendsr.
Boston, May 22.-With her forward soE.
pedo tubes buried deep In the ssa snd She
water pushed almost ss high ~ She fore
oastls. the armorsd cruiser New York
steamed across tho line to-day. breaking
the worlds record ssd winning for her
builder the largest premium ever Paid In
any county. When swsnty-ons knots vas
predicted ~ the speed for The nav cruiser.
many hoped, but few believed, her engines
would ever be nbIe to drive auoh an i'm
msnss mass Of steel through the vatsr 81
this rate.
When she crossed ths line to-day, how
ever, with . speed Of 21.C3 knots through
the water. and some corrections yst to be
aAdsd for tide. ths snthustasm on boa d
was intense. This gives the United Ssatsn
not only th~ most perfect but the swtftest
armor ed cruising vessel.
The Q has Leon l1cas enthusiasm In Eng
land over tho performance OF the cruiasfs
Blake and Blsnheim. some claiming that
the Iatter attained 8 speed Of twenty two
knots. However. these vessels are not
armored. but simply protected by fon'-
inch decks ovoT the machinery and boilers
Even equal speed for them. therefore.
would be nothing remarkable sRsinsS
vssssl carving in addition 70 six''nc
u
two tuFrots each eleven inches thick.
In the second place neither Of these vss-
sells ever had an of6eial trisi over meas
ured courae. The Blake broke down from
;saky boilers after reaching = speol OF ~. Z
miles In shoal water. and developing only
gagged only by . patens log which, II is
o!nimsd. indicated 22.5O knots. This same
instrument on board the New York showed
| a speed Of tw enty-thrse knots. and the dtf-
ferenss between that and the actual dis
tAnce covered 10 proof how unreliable pat
| snt logs are as official tests.
At eight O'Clock this morning the New
York hoisted anchors and headed for the
orcn sea. The wind WAS light from the
no! tLwest and the sea smooth. Tho cruiser
moved OF at a. easy pace. but gradually
warmed M. and BY the time tho Vssuvins
was In sight was going over tWonty knots.
with the engines making about 13O turns
beam at nine O'Clock; twenty-five ntnusea
| later tho red flag WAS broken oub the port
yardarm. and the Now York went over the
line making 130 revolutions Der minute.
The steam pressure was then 165 pounds to
| tho square inch. the vessel working tritle
over twenty knots.
In . few minutes the revolutions jumped
10 1856 and the steam to ITO pounds. both OF
which held throughout the entire "trip.
| Now the great furnace began 10 HoaT. Or
flew the great cruiser, increasing spssd q
every jump. The Eina was passed At GAG
the Bennington at 1905. and the Fern. tht
halfway mark. at 1921. Then came u.
tug Fortune at 10:41, the Leyden at 11:O5
and finally the historic old KsarsaTRe a
1l:25. The rigging Of the corvette was blaol
with men who oheered the waEship - sh.
| passed.
Next. tho turn was made, and The rac'
| back over the coaiss began at 11:44. TIL,
Ksarsaras Was off staTboayd beam, with th'
Now York headed to she southward. Th'
Levdsn WAS passed at 1904. the Fortune q
1927. the Form as 12:48. the BENNINGTON q
1:O1, the Nina ~ l:2O, and the Vssuvius
1:41.
Ihe entire course was 44.65 nautisa
mi 81. which was steamed ovor twieo. o.
the frat Iun the speed WAS 083 knots. ant
the second 21.35, the difference being due Il
the tide. which was against the vessel OF
tho "trip north. The average of speed give
q. 90 knots, with possibility Of its beinl
& eater when the true current correction i
added. On the whole the days record va
Triumph fer American skill and geniu
and will stand prs-eminently alone unsi
some OF our new war ships beat it.