The morning times., 1895-09-29

The last addition to the new Navy now
rapidly approaching completion is the ar
mored cruiser BrooklyA, which will on
Tuesday next be launched at the Cramps
shipyard, Philadelphia.
The Brooklyn is being built under an act
of Congress authorizing the construction OF
an additional armored cruiser of the gen.
eral type and dimensions of the New York,
at a cost OF So 500 900, exclusive of arma-
ment. The contract calls for a speed of at
least twenty knots an hour at displace-
ment of 8, 90 tons, with four triple expan-
sion engines. She is 460 feet inches long,
and has moulded depth OF Al feet3 inches.
The new cruiser will have a mean, nor
NAL draught OF twenty-fQur feet, 10000 in
dicated horsepower and total.coal capaci-
of ,753 tons.
HER ENGINE POWER.
This vessel viii have twin screws. The
engines TO be OF the vertical, triple ex-
pansion type, four in number, two on each
shaft, and In four compartments. The
forward engines TO be readily uncoupled
ITOt1 jllc dlleT tUSIlltS lOI dt ion
speed.
The boilers are placed in three COM
partments and are seven in number; five
of them being double-ednded and two single
ended.
The hull is to be of steel, not sheathed,
with double bottom, and close water
tight subdivision TO about twelve feet above
the water-line.
The arrangements of decks above water
to provide ample freeboard and berthing
accommodations.
1t is contemplated to fit two military
masts with fighting tops, to carry no sail.
The boats viii be slowed clear of the blast
of the guns, but two lifeboats must be SO
carried that they may be readily lowered
under all conditions of water.
Protection of the hull is TO be afforded
by means of a steel protective deck worked
from stem to stern and supported by heavy
beams. The bottom edges of this deck,
amidships are to be 8 feet 6 inches below
the 24-foot water line, the top of the deck
rising to this water line at the center
OF the vessel.
On the slopes of the deck, over machinery
and boilers, the armor is to be inches
thick, on the horizontal portions the armor
is to be inches thick; forward and abaft
the machinery and boilers, to stem and
to stern. the deck is to be at the thinnest
part at least IL inches in thickness.
Below this deck are TO be placed the
propelling machinery, steering gear, maya
zines, shell-rooms and all that is ordinarily
styled "ihe vitals of warsbip.'
HOW SHE IS ARMoRED.
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waterline region is to be afforded by
means of an armor belt 8 inches in thick
ness, extending the length of the machinery
and boiler space, and in depth from feet
above the 24-foot water-line to feet 8
inches below that line.
Within this armor belt and skin plating
and above the armor of this belt, band
1-2 feet wide, of cellulose, is to extend
the whole length OF the vessel, in depth from
the armor deck to the berth deck.
1t is intended to carry coal above the
armor deck for a length corresponding
to the inner bottom. This space between
the armor deck and the deck above is to be
sub-divided by water-tight bulkheads into
3S coal bunkers, exclusive of cofferdam
and passages. The space forward and
abaft these bunkers to be well sub
divided by water-tight bulkheads for stores.
coming tower eight inches in thick
ness to be carried in a suitable command
| ing position, having tube TO the protective
| deck five inches in thickness for the pro
| lection of speaking tubes, bell wires, etc
The battery of the vessel is to consist OF
eight S-inch B. L. R. of 80 calibers;
| twelve 5-inch B. L. R. R. F. guns; twelve
| 6-pounder rapid-fire guns; four 1-poundel
rapid-fire guns; four macaine"guns.
The S-inch guns will be mounted in -four
| barbette turrets, placed one forward and
one aft on center line of vessel; and one
| on either side of the vessel aniidships
| The guns in the turrets on the center line
| of the ship are to have train of SIC
| degrees; those in the side turrets TO fire
| from right ahead to right astern, or tt
| train through an arc of $50 degrees each.
The center of side turrets to be distant
| from the center line of the vessel abou
| twennty-threc feet. The armor forming
| the barbettes, which will protect the car
| riages platforms and turret machinery
| to be eight inches in thickness for por
| ton, at least equivalent to the train o.
| the guns of the respective turrets, the re
| naming portions may be reduced to foul
inches in thickness. Under the turret
there will be placed 3-inch armor support
ing tubes, which will also protect the
ammunition hoist
| FINE TORPEDO OUTFIT.
| The armor of the turrets to be o l.
| inches In thickness and the guns so mountet
that they can be supplied with ammuni
| ton and loaded in any position of train
The 5-inch guns are to be protected b!
| fixed segmental shields inches in thick
ness. The crews of these guns are to hs
| further protected from explosive shells
| by splinter bulkheads 1 1-2 inches in thick
| ness.
| Protection to be afforded the smaller
guns by shields and extra side plating.
| The torpedo outfit to consist OF five tor
| pedo tubes, one in the bow and two OF
each side; six torpedoes and suitable
| allowance of gun cotton for mines an(
| miscellaneous purposes.
Distilling appara tus and evaporation
will be fitted for fresh water supply, th'
| allowance of water to be carried to b.
sufficient for fifteen days, besides waite
for sanitary purposes.
| There will be an electric lighting plant
| consisting of two divisions, each division
dynamo having a rated output of 400 am
i peres at 50 volts.
| Tho shin will have q radius of action a