New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-01
NEWS OF BROOKLYN.
ALONE IN HER CLASS.
THE IOWA IN THE NAVY YARDS NEW
DRYDOCK.
sup IS Rr1NG PREPARED FOR HER TRIAL TRIP
WHICH WILL, TAKE PLACE on WEDNESDAY
GREAT FIGHTING MACHINE
-rsr,xc TUE DOCK


~. h,,,o.sh,n Iowa. the first Of the new Nays
ors,-c,ass sea-goins battle-shps. arrived al 'he
Navy Yard Yesterday forenoon after a suceessu
rin from the Capes. and as soon as inc "uo &C. 80.
was nlaced in the new drydocK, "hicn "'u 81
,necial,y prepared for her reception nero '"' w.
be cleaned and thoroughly prepared TOT hei VIC.
,r,, which IL scheduled for next week, over inc
deem sea course between Cape Ann ana '"pe ~
roise. the turn being off the Maine eoas' Nv
err,va, of the Iowa at Quarantine on Iuesua! c'o".
ing was greeted with salutes from the l hui''.a
Massachusetts, her smaller hut luiv no
sisters and her trip up tho Past hi'e. -
was the occasion OF n noisy welcome ioi' 49,
yossels Of every description. On her ""' P
main shin channel on Tuesday eVenns e"o 49,
. buoy hu+ was released after a brlei oela'' "Ho'
Tho r,oorinc chain of the buoy was louhu w oo g"
tangled with the starboard scic", A. ora
ever suffered no damage. On aTrlNlns a. no go,
tho new ship was greeted by the ->o" -,
Win Tho Star Snangled Banner, ana "i'hous"
Il had been intended not TO hoat her ih'o VIC ~
49, mt ,,,ornins IL was decided ms eNer!'iiiis
was favorable 10 send her through 'ne So
soon as tho tide served, when was aoo"' o
The result was that before the aller"oo" ""s
her hull had been cleaned. ana inc WORN % f1
had been begun ..u command
Tho shin came from Philadelphia under command
90 Cs,ta,n Sargent with Edwin S. Cramp as gen.
o-aI sr,erin,eudent and both these oWceie ca
nress themselves as satisfied that there VIII oe "
600 bonus coming TO the firm after the triel "Trip
C. r,n ~, "Wednesday Of next week. The CONTRACT
.reod reou,renent Is sixteen knots and as inc snip
,,ada fourteen knobs under easy steam ana
,o.ural draurht on her way up from the 'apes'
and efteen and three-quarter Knots between lhe
uebtshins off Five Fathom Bank under a shsh'
pushin- 90 tho engines there is GOOD chance ,ha'
the Government will have 10 nay about S-o"Vo IN
bonuses. as each quarter knot over tho contract
viii call for $4,000. Her speed record was maze
.b ,O4 revolutions Of the screw. under l4o pouhos
while the maximum OF force was AVV' ho'se
1ba Iowa occuples a class by herself IN the naNdI
lists as she IS heavier as 10 weight ana iastel a
20 eneed than the hattle-ships Oregon, Indiana aio
NaIsschusetts although her battery power Is
cornawhat less than has been given 10 tnese thtee
go nc noinis Of difference being that the snip
Tss fweve-inch guns instead OF thrteen-ihcn anu
tha four six-inch rifles on the older shlPs aio
NAMED nv six four-inch guns on the iowa l,ci
imrrsts also are different being or the eiilptlca,
taianceA tvpa instead of true circles the hhes oh
which the others have been DUH - ~o "a
acton where the Naval Board II charge Oh tng
trial trip will 60 board. ON Mon9dy my ~
s,nar over the forty-nlile course. Whlcn Is 70 .s
The scene OF the test: Tuesday VIII De elNei. 90 s
"a general overhauins and lnspecuoh ol s.o 80 rnp
or5 nor engines and on Wednesday the maj run
Al ADDITIONAL interest is given to her visit 10 me
,srd nv the fact that the new drydocK Is a, pre-.
Ont undergoing its final test the sale no'u5iitSS &c
,he II 911 ions Of the ship being reSarC-u e.
q sufficient guarantee that other sips nas 49,
arfirn safety be taken over the sill Al late nouI
.ne,a-dav afternoon every interested expressed
Satisfaction AZ the way the dock was stahoiis ''e