New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-22
PUSHING WORK on WARSHIPS.
BATTL ESHIPS. CRUISERS AND MONITORS
NEARLY READY FOR SEA.
REPORTS To THE navy DEPARTMENT sho"
GRATIFYING PROGRESS Is THE WORK
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GRATIFYING PROGRESS ~ THE WORM
OF CONSTRUCTION.
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w,shin,tou. Nov gi.-Oaicial reports from Inc
sn..tipe officers to the Navy Department SHOW that
gratifving progress j. being made IN the coihp'e-
zion OF several vessels undergoing constructio"'
and that the seasOius fleet will be materially aug
mented I'm power and numbers in the near iu'ure'
Thu. r.ports Of mos, interest relate to the con-
dition of three battleships. the Indiana oregon
md r.>as. two armored barbette cruisers, tne
Maine and Olympia one protected cruiser 'he
MINNEAPOLIS and two mentors, me Hmphl'r''e ",'A
Monadnocb The Minneapolis ana olympia are mo
nearest completion. The Minneapolis VIII be ready
for her officers and men In about ten days Only
. fu odds and ends % work remaining I'M
finished Naval officials ar present selecting
IN. vessels commander and other onlcers' anu
getting together the crew" The snip WI" na's
twenty-five officers. and more tnan thfee huho'eu
men She will BE- put In commission AT the ramps
shipyari near Philadelphia. and be. attacheo
=, IN. home squadron for the present. Her active
cruising will be- delayed somewhat. TO permit GER
tain changes TO be made In thu officers quarters
\ naval board Is now considering the advisapih'y
OF altering the present quarters anu duo'''s 's'
commodatlons FOR an admiral
The Olympia has been advanced 10 the point OK
readiness for service. except That her sinch guns
are not mounted. The last Of these guns was
tested and found satisfactory At Indian Head on
saturday and il viii be- shipped 10 san Francisco
81 once Tn. probabilities are that the ship Will
III. in commission before January !. Her detaii
OF officers j. being arranged and orders nave Desn
issued 10 collect her crew. The olympia VIII pc
attached to the Pacific squadron, but Ior tHo
present VIII not leave home waters
.. the battl-shps the Indiana ~ me neatest
complrtion Her machinery ~ finished ana th9
.,,tsfs, tnr, in All RESPECTS Her side armor has
been DELIVERED and j. being htted IN place. Ino
arnor Tor the S-inch rrdoubts has also oeen 70
,,iN.,i bl he. \Onr OF the l3-lncn reuouD1
arnor has yet been delivered. but the Hanutact-
ur.rs report that quantity vii soon be ready lor
shipmrnt chic. Constructor Hchborn nxes April
fuI American battlrship Nill be- IN condition 20
be. commissioned. The oregon - also larry VII
ahead with the construction and machinery WORK.
Her engines nave been nttrd in place ana testeus
Yin GOOD results Her belt armOr is bolted on. and
SOM. ~ the thinner rrdoubt pates are secured
other work ia the mn has ION" as ftr as ntiis
when In, ship viii hc IN condition for service Dut
g. m. armor deliveries are prompt as promised
by the manufacturers. she should be- IN commission
by August next. Reports from Norfolk SHOW that
The shin is now IN drydock. having her last side-
armor nj ted Six months are said 10 be necessary IN
which to finish her. The outlook Is bFlght ior inc
com,letton OF the Maine Reports from her arfnor-
makers state that the last plates are almost
ready 10 delivered and that they VIII be shipped
TO Nrw-York with the least practicable delay The
indication that the vessel Will be In all respects
ready for cruising by The end OF March.
Tn, Amphtrite and Mona mock are somewhat
behind the other vessels named but DOth VIII soon
he i'm cruising condition. They have been held Dack
however the manufacturers hay" shipped some OK
the necessary plates, AMI IN" construction Work
now goes on brisky. The turret plates have been
delivered and will be secured IN place AZ once me
fast work cf securing In place twenty plates IN
eleven days recorded in one OF the oinciai re-
ports Just received by the Navy Department.