New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-14
BEST OF THE BATTLE-SHIPS'
THE IOWA BEHAVED sPLENDIDLY ON
HER BUILDERS TRIAL


SPEED AND SHOWED THAT SHE WAS cAPA'
PIE OF BETTER THINGs-THE IN
DIANA SURPASSED IN HORSE
POWER AND BUoYANcY.
pbi,adeIpha. Nov. 13.-The big sea-sc'ns oa'-
t,eshin Iowa returned here this evening HUH
ber builders trial trip off the Dela"ar" cap'''
The trial was essentially an engineers ''ia'' -
give an idea OF the power OF the engines All,
vav in which they worked. ana Inc spee' u"
veloped was q secondary consideration Ne'e.
,helcss on two hours burst OF speeo ."'s
morning. the ship averaged lo2' kno's "'
raroJu,ions Of the screws. This is % OF a knot
more than the contract calls for ana .na' '"e
Iowa is capable Of better time than this was
,... ,,hop che was occasionally spurted up
around the 17-knot notch. The result OF tne
trip was in every way satisiac'oi' ~
Cramp, who was In charge.
rha iowa left here on Tuesday at noon ana
-, ,,a rim IN the Breakwater on one tide. ar
r,,,, thor, that night. The Government was
.oso,tod nv Lieutenant Doyle. ordnance om-
. s,a,ioned at the yard. and Assistant Ehs'-
80. pickere, There were also several guests on
,oar, ON Wednesday morning. after adjusting
,,, counasses the Iowa ran Off shore twenty
.;os and was sent four times over the lO-Khot
,rso between the two lghtships on FIVE
Eatbop, Rank Shoal The engines were N"-
harad m and at % revolutions 14l2 KNOTS were
made. ,..
IN Wednesday night the Iowa anchored Witt
IN the Capes and went out again Thursoav r'oi"-
Ing She was run straight or shore lot s'A's
miles and 10 revolutions OF the screws were
maintained The result Of the run on IhursuaS
was satisfactory to the engineers ana she re-
turned to her anchorage inside the Capes again
on Thursday night
This morning Mr. Cramp determined to test
tho ship's speeding abilities little Ohuer
So, 1r,uyh, she was driven for twenty miles
a, shors and then was headed landward again.
i, s,r,,. Gale from the northwest met the ship
~ shc headed shoreward. but she met the rislhg
waves stiffiy While. of course as all pattie-
sbips do she took some water ABOARD ana '"e
snrav flew all over her. she rose far more puoy-
antly to the sea than either the Indiana or the
Massachusetts, and much less water came over
,ha hou. than either of these vessels ship in any
sort OF heavy sea. The 1owG however IL uecK
,,ahor than the Massachusetts and the Indiana.
and was built to take long cruises IN Deep water
whom the Iowa pas ed into the Capes this
morning after her run onshore' shc hao aver
aged 1927 knots at IL revolutions This was
n good performance, cohsiuerihs '"e ''"S' VI
con, used and the comparatively shallow water.
.,,',,t ratards n ships speed The indicator
cards have not yet been worked out for the
run hut II IL approximately estimated that the
engines developed about ll'UW morse power
which is 300 more than was developed by the
engines Of the Indiana on that ships official
trial. :, =,
no requirement OF horsepower Is exacted in
tho contract but she must make a speed OF six
teen knots on her official trial. For every quar-
ter-knot made above this her builders will re-
ceive a premium Of $IO.oOO.
The Iowa ran up the bay and river on a single
tide again this afternoon She still lacks all
her guns. bur these have been finished. and
some Of them are lying on TIE wharf at the
cramps and the others are being shipped rap
idIy 1t IL expected that the ship will be ready
TO go on her official trial trio about the middle
of February, and by that time she will be so
nearly completed that she can go into commits
sion in March n the Government drydOck at
Brooklyn is available about the time her off,
cial trial Is to be made the Iowa will probably
be docked there and have her bottom scraped.