The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-11
IT'S A GREAT CIR . User
THE ~. S. ARMOREDfCRUlS-
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PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 3.-The great
United States armored cruiser Brook
lyn was launched into the waters Of
the Delaware at Cramps shipyard to-
day, and Miss Ida May Schieren,
daughter of the mayor of the city
from which the mammoth vessel takes
its name, broke a bottle of American
champagne on the cruisers bow, and
said: Il chrlsten thee Brooklyn" An
immense crowd witnessed the launch
ing Of this latest addition to the ma
tion's fleet. On the christening stand
was distinguished party. After the
ceremonies, luncheon was served in
the mold loft, and number of
speeches were made, among the speak
ers being Mayor Schieren Of BROOKLYN.
Assistant Secretary McAdoo, Mayor
Warwick and the Messrs. Cramp.
The Brooklyn is regarded by naval
experts as marvel in the art of ma
rine architecture. She is classed as a
steel armored cruiser, having four
eight inch barbette turrets. Her cost,
exclusive of armament, is So, ,9S6, 600.
The principa dimensions are: Length
on the load water line, 4OO.5 feet;
beam, extreme, GAGS feet; draught,
mean, normal, "a foot; displace-
ment, normal, 9,271 tons, indi-
Gated horse power, 10000; speed
in knots per hour, "a; total coal
capacity, l,753 tons, coal carried,
normal displacement, 900 tons. The
same dimensions of the New York are
respectively. 3s0.65 feet; GAL feet;
1885 feet; 5000 tons; 5000 tons; 1890
tons; $50 tons; speed, 21 knots. The
Brooklyn will have twin screws. There
will be four engines, of the versical
triple expansion type, two on each
shaft, located in four separate COM
partments. There are seven boilers,
placed in three compartments. The
hull is Of steel, not sheathed with a
double bottom and a close water tight
subdivision, running to about twelve
feet above the water line.
The ships battery will consist of
eight eight-inch breech loading rifles
of thirty-ive caliber, twelve fve-inch
breech loading rifles of the rapid fire
type, twelve six-pounder rapid fire
guns, four one-pounder rapid fire guns
and four machine guns. The eight
inch guns will be mounted in four bar
bette turrets, placed one forward and
o;,e aft on the center line and one on
either side of the vessel amidships
The guns In the turrets on the center
line are to have a train of 5lO degrees
Those in the side turrets can fire
from right ahead to right astern, or
train through an arc of l80 degrees
each. The center of the side turrets
will be distant from the center line
of the vessel about twenty-three feet.
The armor forming the barbette
which will protect the carriages, plat
form and turret machinery, will be
eight inches in thickness for portion
equivalent to the train of guns Of the
respective turrets. The remaining
portions may be reduced to four inches
in thickn SIS. Under the turrets wild
be placed three inch armor supporting
tubes which will protect the ammuni-
tion hoists. The armor of the turrets
wall be FIVE and one-half. inches in
thickness. The guns will be so
mounted that they can be supplied
with ammunition and loaded at anv
pOSitiOn