Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-03-30

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The Terror and Miantonomoh carry
7-inch armor on their sides and III or
the turrets, and have each four 10-inch
rifles. The Amphltrite and Monadnock
carry inches on the sides 113 on the
barbettes, and II on the turrets, and
four 10-inch and two rapid-fre 4-inch
guns. All four carry two 6-pounder
and two 3-pounder rapid-fre guns in
the secondary battery. A sixth and
much improved double-turret, coast
defence monitor is the Monterey, built
of steel, having Abs tons displace-
ment and 16 knots speed. She has
13 inches of armor on her sides, IA
inches on her forward and III on her
aft barbette, and inches on her for
ward and u inches on her aft turret.
Her main battery consists of two IL
inch and two 10 inch rifles, and she has
ten small rapid-fre guns and two Cat
lings.
A fourth type of our. armor-clads is
represented by the steel harbor defence
am Katahdin, of 2,183 tons and II
knots speed, carrying inches of armor
on her sides, and depending for her
offensive power on her steel spur, but
having a small defensive battery Of
four 6-pounders.
Finally, among the ironclads, come
the 13 single turret iron monitors, Ajax,
Canonicus, Mahopac, Manhattan, and
Wyandotte, of 2.1OO tons each, and
Comanche, Catskill, Jason, Lehigh,
Montauk; Nahant, Nantucket, and Pas
sale, of 1875 tons each. These have
five inches of iron armor on the sides,
and either 10 or II on the turret, and
carry two 15-inch smooth bores.
They, however, are of small conse-
quence.
At the head of our unarmored steel
cruisers come the splendid twin flyers
Columbia and Minneapolis, with their
1850 tons displacement 21,00O horse
power, and speed of % knots at the
maximum. They will carry main
batteries of one 8-inch, two rapid-fre
6-inch, and eight rapid-fire 4-inch guns,
besides 16 pieces in the secondary bat
terry, and four Gatlings. Next in inn
portance is the $500 ton, 20-knot
Olympia, with her IS, 500 horse power.
Another 2O-knot cruiser is the 4,083-
ton San Francisco, while the Philadel-
phia, 1924, and Baltimore, 4,600,
exceed 19a knots each. The Cincin-
natl and Raleigh, 3,138 each, and the
Newark, 4,O83, are ranked as 19-knot
vessels, and the Charleston, 4,04O, ex-
ceeds 18. The Chicago, 4,500, and the
Boston and Atlanta, 3,198 tons each,
are older vessels of only about 153
knots each, but have great battery
especially the Chicago. The Dolphin
is also 154 knot vessell. The three
1900 tonners, Montgomery, Marble
head, and Detroit, are 17-knot cruisers.
All these vessels carry suitable batter
les of high-power rifles. as
Of the new steel gunboata, the York
town, Concord, and Bennington, LOO
tons each, have 1866, 1868, and 17.5
knots respectively. The Machias and
Castine, 1850 tons each, are of IA
knots. The Vesuvius, $50 tons, has
made 225 knots. The Bancroft, 838
tons. is a 13-knot vessel, and the Pet
rel, of $50 tons, makes LII knots. OF
the torpedo boats, the Cushing and
No. are 221-knot craft, and the Stiletto
134.
To the foregoing, which comprise
our modern vessels, must soon be added
the three gunboats just authorized by
Congress, of 1900 tons each, and the
submarine boat, if she is built. For
station service we have still some
wooden vessels, notably the Lancaster,
of 3, $50 tons, with the Marion, Mohi;an,
Iroquois. Kearsarge, Adams, Alliance,
Essex, Nipsic, Thetis, AMI Yantic.
There are also the old iron vessels
Monocacy, Ranger, Alert, Michigan,
Palos, and Pinta Then there are the
old wooden vessels in ordinary or in
use as training or school ships, and
among the latter half a dozen sailing
vessels A bakers dozen of tugs in
clude three of steel, the Iwana,
Wahneta, and Narkeeta. Ten receiv-
ing ships. and craft in ordinary, not
for sea service, the latter including the
Hartford, complete the list.
Properly considered. the revenue
cutters might be included in the cata
logue of armed vessels. BUTT is clear
that we already have good navy, and
two or three years hence, when all the
foregoing have been completed and
several others begun, it will be still
more worthy OF the county in power
and eficiency.-N. r. Snn.
Lincoln's Religion.