The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-17
TIE ALABAMA As SHE WILL APPEAR COMPLETED.

the Indiana. the vessel that Fighting
Bob Evans termed .he finest fighting ma
chine aa7AL
r etof re tnere has seen very marked
difference between the cruiser and ths bat
tleshl9. even 70 the unpraz-4ced eye, bat
this difference. barring The sTnckestack,
viii greatly iesssned by the absence Of
tAe doaaie turTsL- Il e declared y naval
expsrls taat the Alabama VIII DE- 4 beauty,
and * = further claimed tbsf as a speed
maker SIZE VII oatclass ~ the IrwA
The general dimensions and principal fsa-
lures q the Alabama are As follows.
Speed. J. EnoEs an hour. Length q cad
wzser Nne. 56S feet. Extreme b&am - tasE
IS incass. Frasboard forward. - feet GO
inches. Freeboard AZ, Il feet lnch@s.
Normal displacement uzE tons Mean
draugft, = feet s inches. Horse power.
=. esg. Capacity Of coal bankers. !. 90 tors.
Her armament IS ample. as viii be OBJ
served from he following. Batteries:
Main four I7-.nch oEeecn loading rifles,
fourteen s-lnch rsria Ere breach leading
rifles. Secondary b2-tery. seventeen E.
pogrSser rapid are guns. four I-pounasr
rapid IRE guns, four r1ach3ne E1ns. one
field gun. The four ahove water torpedo
tuaes are placed two on saca broadsi6e
amidsh!Ps and will Ire through an arc y
Sky degrees. TIE sour I3-lnch zzus are
mounted Fl pairs n Two balanced Tar
bette turrets w.ih Harvey3Ee,3 aruor ~
tesn inches thick. augmented OF th@ slant
Ing faces ay Two more lneaes
Two u rhs s-ir1h rtfss vii be placed
amldsaipz or each si5e, agsng through at
arna- citadel q steel Below en- The nan
deck. behind cass-nsse srmor ausldships
fossr more u these s-Inch rtdea VIII cen
st4sete 4 brosdslde aatlsry. Forward Z
these guns. ore or each side. with six
a -z-srf :
arch rife Parrots VIII 0e located Tas
secondary battery IS paced % s1eh por-
lions II TIE snip as need &. w0ss. TIE
aruo- bslr 81 inches shirS VII pressc<
tha hun AZ ths wassr nna. It's mean aepsh
IS y feet. This eelt wsI extend from she
stern 20 aoreasg IRE sf1sr bar1ette. ard
szI maintain maximum tGt-E-ezs fTu11
thai paint forward 70 she forward bar
ae--e. gradually laperlag 70 four inches
q. che s1em-
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upper Seck. re ss6aE Mi be pgotected by
81 inches q hardened s-eeI. backed. below
ne DalneeeS. by a BELT q cerue1 h ess-
l2lose ard f1ll c0Al blnkers. A-awartsaip
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re t5ar sails 50 formed a esl psotac-
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engines. boilers, magazines AID snsi
rooms
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