The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-09

claimed TO De the queen Of the navy. her
title being based upon her aii-round good
qualities. She Is designed to be not only
q fighter. but a runner. The design for
her construction has received high con-
mendafion. and she has already demon
stratcc her seagoing qualities. although
she Is said 10 roll more than the Indiana
or the Massachusetts.
Even yet the limit OF American enter
prise is not reached. however. The keel
81 the Iowa was laid In 1893, but since that
time greater improvements have been con-
sidered possible and both the Kearsarge
and the Kentucky, whose keels were laid
In las. will have more money expended
upon them. although not more than the
Oregon. Nor will either Of them exceed
the Iowa In horsepower. That vessel is
constructed for u.0oo horsepower. while
the two now building will have only
eco each, and the Oregon has only s.0oo.
the same as the Massachusetts,. The Tex
as has even less horsepower by l.0oo but
is credited with a speed OF II knots. The
Maine distinguished herself with ia
knots. which has not been surpassed ex-
cspt by the argnored cruisers Brooklyn
and New York. which have. with is GO
and Il. 400 horsepower respectively. reach
ed % and q knots. These beautiful ves-
sells cost 100000 a piece. scarcely less
than the Iowa. and they Will make q fine
showing IL 1t ever comes to quickness OF
action.
The Oregon is the first great battleship
TO visit this coast. and carries some OF the
largest guns used by the navy. The Mon
terey. coast defense ship. carries two
i2-inch breech-loading rifles. but the Ore
gon has four Is-inch guns. a battery as
powerful as that or any vessel. Her pres
ence in these waters and the public atten-
ton directed 10 the Iowa. makes a COM
parison between the iates, launched and
those with which we are more familiar
OF some interest. The following will give
the chief points OF contrast:
Iowa. seagolng battieship. displacement.
II. 40 tons: n.0oo horsepower. speed, Is:
cost, 100000. main battery-four n-inch
bresch-loading guns. eight s-inch. six g.
inch: secondary battery-twenty 6-pound-
lings.
Oregon. seagoing battieship. tispiace-
ment. 10 rs tons: sooo horsepower: speed.
10: cost. t3.iSoooo; main battery-four Is
inch breech-loading guns. eight s-ineh.
four e-lnch: secondary-twenty 6-pound-
Monterey doubie-turret monitor, coast
defense. i0Sl tons displacement: 52a4
horsepower: speed. 1875: cost. 81. s2s $50.
main ba;tery-two i.-inch. two io-inch;
seconaary--six spounders. two Eatlings,
four i-pounders.
Baltimore. unarmored steel vessel. pro-
teeted cruiser. displacement 4ls tons:
horsepower. i0.064. speed. 2o09 knots: cost.
81 as. 900: main battery-four s-inch. six g.
inch: sccontary-four s-pouneers. two B.
FOUNDERS, two i-poanders. four 37-mllll-
meter uotehkiss revolving cannon. two
Eatilngs-
Charleston. unsrmored steel vessel. pro-
tected cruiser. displacement. 3.sSo tons;
sees horsepower; speed. iS.2: cost, u,0I7,-
5oo main battery-two s-lnch. SIX s-Inch:
secondary--four s-pounders. two S-poand-
ers. two I-Pounders, four s7-milllmeter
Hotchkiss revolving cannon. two gatlings.
Philadelphia. protected cruiser. dis
placement G32t tons. ISIS no. sepower;
speed. 1915; cost. n.sso 900; main battery
twelve s-inch breeeh-loading rifles: sec
ondary--four s-pounGers. four s-pounder.
three s7-muimeter HoteAklss revolving
cannon. four Eatliags.
With TIE exception Of The Baltimore
! and New York there are no hner vessels
than those assigned to Pacific coast duty.
The lows. Indiana and AassAchusetts
differ IN some respects from the Oregon
as they 90 from each other. bat for power
the Oregon Is the equal Of any.
The ,IIe Queen az the Navy Will not
long - held BY the Iowa. The new YES
sells whose keels are alre@dy laid. viii
claim the honor Ia turn. and the rapid Sd
vance IN scientific naval warfare prevents
the wreath resting long upon any wear
err