Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-18
FOR A PACIFIC NAVY.
BIG FLEET PROPOSED FOR UNCLE SAM
Navy Department Figuring on ua,tle.hip.
aud Cruisers to outoias Anything
Now Anoat.

New York. Aug. is--A special TO the
Tribune from Washington says
a naval program Tor presonta ton TO
Congress. involving the immediate COM
structlon Of h.eou war ships. Ia bcon
adopted BY the naval board Of experts
90 whom the subject has been referred
by Secretary Long. IL provldJr fbr
three seagoIng blrbctte turrct battle
ships Of 1900 tons 1laplacemont and a
minimum ish knots speed Whenever
vessels are loaded their 20 deepe. :.
draught Or an average speed of 10
knots under ordinary cruising condi-
tons; three nrat-class armorcd lrula-
en- Of 1900 tons. aud % knot speed.
three Hocond-claas protected and ar
morcd cruisers Ut 5000 tons uisplace-
mrnt ana 20 knots speed. similar IN the
Maine type but highly improved. atd
for slN protected cruisers 0f 400 tons
aud 10 knots speed.
The reduced speed of the ship which
j. uniformly about two knots lraa than
thht proposed 40 the preliminary meet.
lng Of the board on Tuesday was
brought about hy the desire " secure
unprecedented range ~ action On nr-
count 81 the Increased reapnnaihllitiUs
Of the United States ln the pncinc. and
the certainty that those vessels. or most
~ th'm, would De- required to make up
the Meet In that ocean. The sacrifice N
speed 90 endurance was made with IA
view OF securing vessels of az iss.f
A'VN Knots radius. or capable of steam.
ing straight away frum san Francisco
% Manila and Samoa. The buard de-
ciltd that tho raClhc. rather than the
Auhnur. would ho the scat for the naval
operations In the future. ana while
great sacrifice 30 the speed could be-
made 20 the vessels attached 10 thr
outer line ~ national defence on the
east coast N the United tSatrs. nh-
normal coal capacity and high economy
were prime requisites "a long na az.
thnt prosecutions 10 the westward re-
qulrcd protection. All tho vessels. how 81
ever VIII hU Cmlncntly more prartlc.
Anlr ln endurance, strength and for
midabllity
The main battery Of each OF the bat.
ttghipa VIII Doe composed Of four ~
Inch riilur In turreta on the conf,- w..
Tore ana at. similar 10 those Of hto
Iowa ana The secondary hattorlrH wifi
mount u and 10 rapid ore G-lnch r1irr.
~ hddiilun Go these, thtrc will b. uat.
any large auxiliary batterca III al.
sorted Founder sizes; both quick iirc
and Hem-auiomntlc The i3-lnch guns
OF earlier hutilgHhipH have boon put
aside In now designs on account ~
their great weight and bechuss h wifi
% necessary o. incruuHe materially the
length Of the ig-inch callhsr 10 meet
the requirement that amukeiafr powder
exclusively TO be used hereafter In the
The ilrst class cruisers win be GOV.
cred with heavy arm0r from how Ia
stern and viii be armed with four.ineh
guns IN turrcia ana ten CO. twelve ain j.
lhch rides In hrOndride. They are 10 he
superior In every way 10 Hhlps afioat
In the world today.
The second class cruisers. na AZ nrst
proposed, wcrf 10 be- OF b.Oi1 tons ench.
but the board added 900 tons 10 thrn'
20 DC utilized wholly IN u1u carrying
capacity. They viii have two eight Inch
guns ana ten o. twelve fyr-lnch rapid
hfca, Tho details Of the s.X smaller
NrHrclh are not yet determined up0n.
90 all the energies OF tho hoard vgr,
hr.i directed 20 tho heavier vessels.
NJ the ships viii be shrlthed. They
VIII an have quarduplr expansion en.
FlnfH ana water tube boilers and with
w. exception " the smaller craft they
WIN Dc equipped with underwater tor
pdn tubes.
The smaller cruisers will have a
Htcaming radius 81 1900 knots AZ n
ten knot rat. The second class viii
nearly approach this radius. The frst
clhas cruisers viii be able 10 ~ 10, q
900 Knots, and a minimum u 5000 knots
u liked for the bnttlcshlps
Tho board alao took under advisement
the construction of two troop shlps,
each capable Of transporting regl-
ment OF l.s0O men with officers, arms.
ammunition, equipment ana supplies.
u Vs. proposed, n Congrcss turns over
90 The navy the responsibility of trans
porting troops, according 90 the esthb-
lshed usage In England and other
/ foreign military powers OF great ex
I prrlrnce, that modern armed vessels
I constructed solely Tor tho purpose oi
/ speed and comfortably carrying MILL
/ tary forces shall be promptly built u II
argued that such vessels Will be- lndls-
| psnsable, not only In the piclnc for
changing the Rarrianus at Hawaii and
Manila, occasionally, but also for
| Porto Rico and cuba.