The morning call., 1893-05-23

men working the guns will be seven inches
thick. The intermediate battery will be
composed of twelve 4-nch guns These
are of the rapid-fre type, and as they are
not too heavy for the use of fixed ammu-
milton will have great range. and can be
readily concentrated, they will form very
powerful auxiliary TO the main battery.
When one considers that in addition to
the above there will be eight 6-pouuder
and four 1-pounder rapid-fre guns.
mounted IN the most advantageous points
aloft and about the decks, together with
four Gatlings having ten barrels each,
some idea of the great amount Of shot
and she'll this vessel can fire may be
formed.
The slopIng armor between the upper
and gun decks beneath the barbettes is
five inches, and the ammunition tubes
below of the same thickness. On the
broadSdes the ten.inch guns are also
protected by partial barbettes two inches
thick. In the secondary battery the four
inch rapid-fire guns will be mounted on
the gun deck in armOred sponsors. four
inches thick, with protected shields on
the guns, closely covering the ports.
Further protection is also assured by one
inch splinter bulkheads. The 6-pounder
gun is also protected by two-inch armor.
One torpedo tube is TO be fixed on the
bow, one ON the stern and two on each
broadsde-all above the water line.
The buoyancy ana sta bility OF the New
York are secured by one partial belt of
armor. another belt of water-excluding
material and complete protective deck.
At the sides the protective deck is feet Q
inches below the water amidships and /
foot above when the vessel is at mean
draught OF % feet 3.5 inches. 1t is covered
with two courses of plating, having
thickness of 8 inches amidships and 2h
inches forward and aft. Amdships the
slopes are covered with an additional
thickness of inches, and the entire space
between this and the skin of the ship is
filled in with cellulose to exclude water in
case projectie should penetrate. In the
wake of the machinery spaces a belt of
thin armOr Is worked between the protec-
tive and berth decks. The total thickness
of metal on tue sides throughout this space
Is inches.
The New York was given her prelim.
mary trial in Delaware Bay on the 25th of
March. 1t was most successful, show
even then that the ship was wonder. and
raising the high expectations that have
been realized to-day. In that trial the
maximum pressure of steam carried was
120 pounds. Starting with forty-five revo-
lutions, speed of 10 knots was attained
until Greenwich Point was passed. After
this the new vessel warmed to her work
At ninety-6ve revolutions the speed in-
creased to 175 knots, deluging the vessel
with spray. The vessel glided through
the water as lightly and noiselessly as a
yacht however, and scarcely vibration
was telt throughout the snip.
On the first trial the course from the
fve-fathom bank lightship to the north
east-end lightship. distance Of 9SS nauii-
cal miles, was covered in 90 minutes 3S
seconds, which means speed of 2003
nautical miles an hour. On the second
trial, returning over the same course, the
time was 20 minutes 81 seconds. or speed
of 1887 nautical miles. The average of
the two trials was 9.95 miles an hour.
The vessel was then headed eastward
into deeper water. On run of four con-
secutive hours she maintained a speed OF
203S knots, reaching as high as 20.57, as
the water deepened.