The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-25
NAVAL IMPROVEMENT
oUR van sHtps or ro.DAr.
Noteworthy RsvisIons IN Their Records OF
Size, Speed. and E.Eiae Power.


Neteworthy heyislons IN Their Records o.
s'Se' speed. Snd EnEiHe Power.
WAsHfSoToS, Eov. 22.- Ore Of the very inter.
seting as well az valuable appendices OF the re.
port of chief Cons,ruc.or UIcbborn ia ,ba,
which describes In detail the vessels Of the navy,
correcting many errors in previous onlc,al IA.
~. ana ora.,iv .ri.ra,na H. ~ nnnho, =,
Us . Ercatiy onla.slns h,so tne humOer VI
these details presented In statistical form.
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our olRsest vessel the IOWA hithet1o Represented
Ii.aio. rbiie The ,breo ~ he Ind,ona clsss
h,,hcrto mn, =, IN ooo ION, no NO. moro occn'
ra,s,v -, -, ~ oSs tn Nsu W. mH,cb ~.
s ~ omn yl. AZ Sou ON, n"w ~
ss Of Abs tons, Is now reduced TO 4,Os4. The
Maine. which up &c last year was put at q, o4s
tons, is now placed a, e.osa. The Texas, which
has hitherto figured in round numbers at $500
tons becomes $50. fihaily, thet ram ha,anain,
which up TO last year was calculated as OF 2,lSJ
tons, Is now reduced 10 2.i55. The other armor-
ehsna.S "ns.. 40 ~ ~ ~ Ss,onis,,ou.
cnensea under tne new CALCULATIONS
coiumbIs and Nt,nneanolIs uh,ch ,s.d then
.sas..dI,oS lei , asS -. tr.,sa, ~, no a.
Last year. Tho Detroit and Montgomery,
opcs rouoblv estimated at ooo ton. ara
now put at 2.oe4. and the Marblehesd at
2,osg tona The Cincinnati and Raleigh dis
place a,als tons, being a gain Of 30 each.
IheoIympia creolted up 10 last year with o,ooo
tons. now makes n great stride to $3.50. The
,Sn. sasne ,ss advances rom s,'s' 10 s.oSs
tons and the Newark makes exactly the same
ANA tona thu, brinoing her baIov ,he chicaoo
n" 800" me n,Hsn
rather noticeably. was her original estimate. the
other having crept in az an erroneous change
sfterwsrd. In the same way the Boston and
Atlanta are now carried back 10 their original
calculation, of 5000 tons, after figuring for'
some years on revised estimate at Also. The
DOLPHIN gains . ton-l.4se instead Of l.4s5.
eN. 20. IN o'm rno NUS
Petrol gains a couple OF TONS to so@. The three
ZOO tons. than in tbs Nav Regi,,er .t :, -oa
~ 49, t"' Ne' ".K'seei i'.o''
Machiss and Castlne, at first pu, at 1850 tons.
and last wear. ON acceptance trial data n, I oa7
now figure at 1,l77. Gunboat No. :. building at
Newport News, IL put at 1871 tons. instead Of
stead OF at 1918, as at that time. These three
s~unboats are still tabulated by numbers only.
ei'nousn s'a.emcnS' nave assigned 10 tnem the
names of Penguin. Porpoise. and Albatross.
n,o ton. a,sn,.caman, iii. ar 80 80.
VS. suiSpiacemen. "hhc tno bancroft gains
WV, h1'ihk ooS iho toTpeiO DOAI t1suluK
shows a falling Off from ia n ms ton.
Amonr the v,oodsn ,....I. ,,oro .. -
sNhohs 'no "oouen Vessels th''e Hrc no changes
IN the reckoninga, but the kcnrsarge Ii stricken
from the list, The tugs show the dropping Of
the Catalpa. $50 tons, besides the Nellie, 32.Os.
and the Ivy, and the addition Of tugboat No. 4.
et5 tons, and the Traffic. ESQ.
II Is observable that the Maine continues to be
elassed by the Bureau Of Construction as an
armorcd cruiser, whereas in the Navy Register
she Is set down as a sccond.class battle ship.
she was nnquestionably intended for an armored
cruiser but her transfer. by the authorities re-
sponsiole Tor the Navy Register to the battle
ship class may. perhaps, be ascribed to the
70 have all steel ships carrying the names of
states appear ms battle ships. Constructor HIGH |
born's table also recognizes among unarmored
steel cruisers, with the exception Of the despatch
boat Dolphin, only two types. namely, the pro-
tected cruiser and the cruiser, this latter inciud-
ing only the three vessels OF the Detroit class,
the other hand, the Navy Register has
been accustomed to attempt to create a third
called partially protected cruisers.'
and TO place the Chicago and other. vessels
among them. The cruisers are really either pro-
tected or not. the degree OF protection naturally
varying according to the plan OF each ship.
Hichborn calls the Chicago and
the other vessels Just spoken OF simply pro-