New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-06
TIE M4CUIiS At NEU-LONDON
ALL READY FOR HER TEL Al TEIP-A DEsCRl
TfnN OLE THE NV NEsSEL-

ALL READY FOR HER TEL Al TElP-A DisCR1P-
TON OF THE NEW VESSEL
New London Conn. June . (>pccan.-Thc new
eunhoat Machlas. built at tie baih Iron WORKS ar
rived AT New London this afternoon preparatory I"
making her trial trip on tho Soand. I'll" M"rns He'll
Bath. Me-. saturday afternoon. hnt she ran INTO
fog and on sunday afternoon al . O'Clock anchored
of Tarpaulin Cove, AT the cntran 10 VINEYARD
sonnd and remained there until this morning. She
passed New -LoliGn Hight Al about O'Clock Ills al
iernOon. The machinery has worked satisfactorily
throughout the trip, and Ia" builders. M"~srs. Hyde
d Co., express themselves as satisfied with her In
every respect. The trial trip has been postponed
until next Thursday or Friday ard will be mad
under the direction Of board Of officers consisting
of arAdmiral Bclknap Captain George c. K"n"y
Commanders Philip II. Cooper and Casper Goodrich,
Chief Engineers william W. lIca,on, Charles Il.
Rocker and Iicrschd Main, Lieutenant Commander
Joseph y. HemphB. Lieutenant l.. l.. Rem'y. Naval
Constructors Joseph Fcascr and Assistant Naval 'ol-
strucor George W. street. The course will be a
s,raight thirty miles long ana return from STRAIT
ford Shoal light abcam northeast to the outer mark
abreast Of Horizons Neck Long Island.
The contract price for the Machas Is $31 900
with honns Of s., 900 for every quarter knot made
above -. Charles H. Hyde. superintendent engineer
Of the Bath Iron Works, arrived here sunday evening
and has been busy making needed preparations for
the approaching trip. He Is saneunc that the boat
will make good record.
The Machias is a steel gnboat. designed for ser
vice in waters where only licht draught vessels car
b., used she is the first OF the new steel navy com
pletcd in the DrieO State. She Is 100 feet long III
the lOad line, with extreme breadth Of thirty
feet a mean draft Of twelve feet and displacement q
1850 tons. Her twin screw, vertical, triple OK
par-iOn engines required by the contract Il
have an aggregate Of 500 indicated horsepower am
TO give her speed Of thirteen knots. tn diameter
Of her high pressure cylinder is fifteen aud three
fourths inches the Intermediates twenty-five ana one
half, and the low pressure, thirty-hve Inches. lie"
ccal capacity will enable her 10 steam without taln
In fresh supply, 2,152 miles at her maximum speed
while at ten knots, on only 600 horsepower 81" cal
steam 4,GG3 knots without ropcnishlng her bunkcrs
The offensive armament OF IA" Machils consist
Of eight four inch rapid fire guns, six on III" mali
deck, one the poop, and one the forecast!
deck. She also carries four six pound rpil fir
guns two on the main deck and two tn" poo!
deck two pound rapid fire guns the MAN deck
and one bow torpedo tube, fifteen inches In diameter
Her defensive armament consists OF tWo ana one
fourfh inch armDr around the iOurinch guns on III
main deck and onpinch arInOr around the Fix AM
lilo one pound guns. she also has "a belt " ccllulos
along the water line. covering the length oi III
engine and the boiler space. TINS j. expected L
act a, an automatic caulhcr. In case her hull shOul
be pierced BY enomys shot, closing, or pirtiall
closing the aperture until such lime the vcsse
can De- locked for repairs.