Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-09
AUXILIARY TO THE NAVY.
She Tan Capture Merchantmen, Escape
from War Ships or Fight u
Corutrel.

national Navigauonc0mp steamer !
Now York. The battery will c0psiot /
u twelve six.inch bfeUch-ioading rifles, |
placed QUO un each bow and quarter |
and four Ou aach hioadside.
In addition there will he a secondary
battery, consisting OF twelve siK.
pounder rapid-ilre guns placed ON the
main Aud hurricane decks anu eight
rapid.ilfu guns mounted
in tOpe, says the New York 1raCs.
Each OF the two mnsts Of the ship wall
be given double tops. Each top will
two one.pounder guns.
On the cXtreInitles OF the main
bridge and IN "A position commanding
n sweep tore aud aft along the water
line, and upon the outire Hue OF upper
decks will he placed two Calling guns.
Furthermore, It has teen planned 70
give the New York brace Of sub
marine guns In the bows, ana placed
No rs 10 discharge their prQjec.iles Et n
depth Of ten feet below tho water line.
Amldships and on each brohdsidc
will be placed n couple Of turn.table
torpedo tubes. Each turn.table will
support two torpedo tubes. The turn.
table tubes will be operated ou the
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deck II At o height VI nitoeu feet above
the water line.
The fighting complement OF the
New York has been put down ut 500
officers and men. This complement
will permit VI detaching fully 400 OIL.
GERS and men for tho purpose Of man.
ing prizes. IL IL calculated that Ia a
war with Great Britain the New York
would be nble to scoop up my OF the
numerous tramp steamers which she
might happen to run across. A prize
crew Of fifteen men would be sufficient,
It IL estimated, 10 run one VI the aver
ags.sized tramp steamers into port.
A reserve crew Of 400 oilicrrs and
men for prize manning would assure
sufli Client working crews for fully
twenty i've prizes.
The New YORK In time OF war will
be commanded by n full captain In tbs
navy. IL Is deemed more than likely
that the majority Of the New YoTk's
deck and engineer officers will be com.
missioned al such time ~ officers Ia tht
navy aud thus DO retained with the
vessel.
1t IN recognized In naval circles that
the engineers who are cOnutantly en-.
gagged with this machinery OF some
particular vessel learn the peculiarl.
ties OF those engines, aud appear,
furthermore, better able u get maxi
mum resuits than men unaccust0med
to them.
The eiK.inch battery of the New
York means twelve iive.ton 100
Founder riiits. The six-inch gun re'
quiTes q working crew OF twelve men
Tho weight OF the shell II 100 pounds
and the range IL over five miles. The
heavy secondary battery allowed the
New York Is intended mostly asa pro.
lection against torpedO.boat attack.
In the event, though, OF the thir
becoming partially disabled, her
secondary battery, should be sur.
rounded, would serve to eiiectually
sweep the open decks 1.-THE enemy.
The submarlne.gun defense given 10
the war ship Is intended 10 assist when
II becomes necessary TO ram.
The high speed OF the big liner Is OF
Itself suiii Client 90 cut down the heaviest
ironclad nilOat, but 10 make more easy
the prov attack the submarine guns
In the bows will discharge just befor,
ramming two heavy guncoIton shells,
each containing 800 pounds Of gun
cotton.
The navy department does not 70,
gard tho New York In the light OF 1
lighting ship. In time OF war she viii
serve to prey upon the commerce o
au enemy, l. capture, burn, sink ans
destroy. Prizes Of great value she viii
man with portion OF her reseIv,
crew anu send into port there 10 b'
condemned by the prize courts. Tn,
heavy battery allowed her 10 intended
HI means OF defense In the event 0
/ being surprised aud attacked by tn,
/ ships Of the enemy. Ordinarily Tia
| New York will be able to scampe
away out Of harm's reach AZ soon q
| she makes out n strange craft 10 he
\ war vessel, but should her coal suppl
| fall her, or should she become tenn
porarily disabled, she VIII be lompellel
TO ight, and this battery now planne,
| for her Ia sufficient, II Is thought, {
give the big ship ample means OF TAX
ing care OF herself.
The coal buukeTs OF the New YOT
| will hold 1000 tons VI coal. In Tia
| passage from Liverpool TO New lOtl
/ at high continuous speed there ar
burned, ordinarily, 1900 tons Of Goa
! AS high IA 1900 tons have been con
sumed la the six days run. In wa
| timea the New York will not only MI
her coal bankers with coal, but ho
| cargo space as well.
The cargo space Will contain full
| 20J0 tons OF coal. Furthermore, ia
lower deck, now occupied by state
ro0mg, eau be utilized aud an addition
al 1000 tons there carried withou
destroying the stability VI stUGIiness o
the ship. When cruising IN search o
the merchant vessels Of the enemy tn
New York will cruise leisutely, burn
| ing but little coal, anu with fires wei
| banked.
Once u sail Is made out, she will
quicken her pace TITLE ana head owe
| Ia the strangeT'A direction. Should
tue strange vessel also quicken he
pace, the New York Will probably
close an extra furnace door auu turn "a
her speed one or two knots faster.
lnasmuch as the Now York and he
sister ship, the Paris, are among tn
fastest chips afl9at, 1t Will be but
question Ot tine before the pursuer
within gunshOt range, and then tn
chuEed, II not already hove 10, wi
suddenly hear the screech Of lOJ
pound shell rushing over her decks.
Having effected capture, the Ne
York, having burned her prize, wi
again cruise leisurely along. In thi
way the 45OO tons OF coal the vessel
capable OF carrying Will enable her
keep tho ssas for an indefinite period.
The battery for the New York wi
either be- kept permanently on boar
that vessel and in the hold or else 1
stocked on the compauy's wharves /
this city or at the Brooklyn navy var,