The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-02
THE FINEST AFLOAT
Successful Launch of the
Great ATmored Cruiser
Brooklyn.
MISS scHIFREN CHRSTENs HER.
Details of the Vessels Construction
and Armament-Herbert
and McAdoo Absent.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. q 1S95-The
United States cruiser Brooklyn was
successfully launched at Cramps ship
yard at LOS O'Clock this afternoon.
The Washington party to witness the
event left that city in a special car on
the 7:5O Pennsylvania train this morn
ing. Neither Secretary Herbert nor AS
sistant Secretary McAdoo was able to
go. The following comprised the party:
Postmaster General and Miss Wilson,
Rear Admiral Ramsay and Mrs. and Miss
Ramsay, Captain and Mrs. Sampson,
Paymaster General and Mrs. Stewart,
Engineer-in-C Chief Melville, Chief Naval
Constructor Hichborn. Mrs. and Miss
Hichborn, Captain r. d. Evans. Com
,modore and Mrs. McNair, Commodore
and Mrs. lI1owell. Lieutenant Singer,
Lieutenant and Mrs. Knapp, Lieutenant
and Mrs Heamey. Lieutenant Laird, Mr..
BenjaminMicou,. Chief Clerk of the
Navy Department, and Mrs. Micou, and
Mr. H. G. Snyders.
Mayor Schieren of Brooklyn, accom-
panied by his wife and daughter ana
several friends, also came to Philadel
phia this morning. The Mayors party
travelled in a special car which left, Jer-
will return to Brooklyn Immediately after
the launch.
Miss Schieren christened the new war
ship.
FINEST IN THE WORLD.
With the launch of the Brooklyn the
UNITED States Government will soon
come in possession of the finest and most
effective ship of war in the world. The
Brooklyn is an armed cruiser and be
longs to the same type of vessels as the
New York, but, as the Brooklyn was de
York. she embodies in her construction
all the most modern IMPROVEMENTS in
maritime warfare. and IS superior 70
strength At the recent gathering of
the fleets of the world at Kiel the New
York attracted the most attention among
naval experts, and was admitted to be
TIE finest vessel of her class afioat, and,
conseuuently as the Brooklyn is SUI
perior to the New York, the claim that
IS founded upon the opinion of naval
critics
construction Of the Brooklyn apprIo- oI1
sive of the armament. The Brooklyn is
460 feet, inches long, 64 feet beam. and
has mean draught of "A feet and q
nodded depth of Al feet, 8 inches. Her
cruising displacement is 9,153 tons and the
maximum indicated horse power (estl-
1nateo) is expected to be 5000. Her coal
than the New York The Brooklyn has
seven horizontal return fire tube type
of boilers. with a total beating. surface
of SO 333 square feet. The engines are
of the vertical cylinder. direct acting,
triple expansion type, each with a high
pressure cylinder 80 inches, and inter-
mediate pressure cylinder AZ inches and
a low pressure cylinder 72 inches in
diameter. The stroke of the piston is 42
The Brooklyn is a twin screw ship and
the shafts ere intended to make 129 revo-
lutions per minute. The arrnor of the
BROOKLYN consists of nickle steel deck.
Of six inches thickness on the. slope and
water lire belt of three inch plates.
backed by a double streak Of hull plat
ing. extending over the whole of the
machinery space. Rarbettes ten inches
thick will protect her eight-inch guns,
enclosing the bases of the revolving tur-
rets, six inches in thickness. The spon-
sons for her fve-inch guns are four
inches thick and those for the rapid fire
guns two inches thick.
The battery is to consist of eight S-inch
guns, mounted on four turrets two on
the middle line forward and aft. and
two midships on Sponsors on the gun
deck and sixteen 6-pounder rapid fire
and machine guns. The Brooklyn will
have three smoke stacks, and these
from their great height. will give the
shin a distinctive appeaVance. She will
also have two steel military masts Of
q greater height than ordinarily carried
by ships One of the distinguishing
characteristics nf the Brooklyn is the
enormous berthing space for the crew,
there being aecomnod dations for one