Evening star., 1898-04-21

with a force against and over this turret.
and frequently green seas are thrown over
the bridge and over the top of the pilot
house, all owing to the heavy weights in
the bow. monitor should be butt 10
trim more by the stern in order to bring
bow out Of water.
Over Brenising Bar.
'As vessels for running before sea over
breaking bar the monitors have no
equals. October ~. 1894. l left the Straits
of Fuca and arrived off the mouth Of the
Columbia river the following evening; there
Was heavy sea running. On the morn
ing of the 22d I determined to enter: the
bar was breaking badly in the deepest
water. ie.. in about six fathoms and at
times breakers formed in greater depths
OF water. In crossing solid water stood
IL squently on the after part of the vessel,
from half way up the flag staff. even with
the top OF the after turret. The port en-
Elne was slowed down once to assist in
stet rinS-otherwise nothing out of the or-
dlrary was done. and many on board dill
not know that the vessel had gone inside
until after the bar had been crossed.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company
steamer Oregon was inside al anchor when
the Monterey entered. ard she did hot go
10 sea Tor thirty hours after as il not
considered SAT" to do so. 1 have no hesita-
tion in saying that no high freeboard vessel
could have done without running the great
est danger what a vessel of the monitor
type could and did do, without trouble
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improvements Advisable.
The Monterey was much abused by the
press when first commissioned. and many
somher predictions We're INDUCED in, but
in cot rse Of time she cleared herself from
one after the other of these, by actual work
;,,,v y-frbo,,+ ,,,,, o,,. 80 her
or expecting aI4ything that is not satjsfac-
tory.
ne ;essci IS a douhie-ender, which is a
.t. IN N - S iIoS oiti! 'No iuiiurtu anu
fai3Ir m 80 IiiH ,I ~.
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fn,b eqr,- - ~, ,.,,1i - ~ - -
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ers Ioas. sfov.!a- ,1,t n,nd etnT,-at,. II =
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store A. tb1 ,,.essis .,,.e - 11 ,,I
rrI,id.r if rossflio sbGIIId ,erit.a mn 80
.ecticn from the oynrbapt, nf ,be st,,,.,
TN. Niou1 1.r,-v ana hers ~ rot ~
dcsiral,!,. feature and Won can eatiiy s..
how iu-portaut a noint II < IN Le i3o!Ted
after
The arrnor PROTECTING rho s+acrfre- c.,,
Is not heavy enough: The Monterey has
four and = half fn,Ia: mas '''ou'
1t should not be overlooked that there is
no trouble about docking monitors at our
LaN3I St".IohS, Wh!Ie Tor hdtue ships our
The dock ~ NJ y0rIt * nor t; ~ ~. en-
the one at Port Royal. $. C., is badly To-
lated. and the remaining dock suitable for
vessels OF the largest size is at Bremerton,
on Puget sound
Termed, Uo,ts ,pd n.str,x.
..,,-Il ~,
"4'i no Uo"pl pe MANY
mss IN action on the part of torpedoes
fired. yet hit may cause the destruction
or throw ont Of Ectinu a hattie shin and
-l,.. ,.,,,,.1 .rf..,, Of t,,s. ,.<.s, a., I'll,
-.:. --,' N'
NC ~ M" 'eu' f-'tIy meet must nave
a idIr proportion OF them to look after
the boats q the enemy. Torpedo BOAT de-
stroEeTs are best for this. as they can he
punt o. slch size as to he able to keep the
sea 1hey should have a displacement OF
rom tiiFce HuiIdrel ana Nlly 10 iNe nun
drot tons, or more. with d speed OF thirty
Knots. thder favorable conditions Torpedo
bo|Js Tor inside smooth water work need
not be Of much displacement, say from
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AS the cost Of Jestroyers and torpedo
boats is small. and the protection furnished
& Hel! 5iea'' '4e NUMBER should be AIDE
i"'e ''"'o the 'r"eiai rest.
In CONCLUSION, captain heinpn wrote as
follows:
II Is impossible Tor me to understand
why In all these years, while building up 4
rew navy the tyne. of vessel which rem
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