The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-05
ILLINOIS LAUNCHED.
Continued from First Page.

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News shipbuilding plant was POSTMASTER
| The toastS and speakers were:
"Our President" by Judge Hamlin. of
Shelbyville, Ill.
THE State of Illinois," by Gov. John r.
| Tanner.
our Navy" by Rear Admiral Howell
| Chicago by Mayor Carter Harrison
| virginia" by Gov, j. Hoge Tyler.
Calls for Billy Mason" elected an ex-
! temporaneous. but eloquent response from
the Illinois senator.
The banquet was followed by a ball
The dimensions of the Illinois are as fol-
! lows: Length on load water line, 1868 feet;
| beam, extreme, u feet 21A inches: draught
| on normal displacement of Il, 525 tons, %
teet 9 inches; maximum displacement. all
| ammunition and stores on board, 1925
| tons; maximum Indicated horse power les
| timated), 10000; probable speed 1872 knots;
normal coal supply. 800 tons; coal supply,
| loose storage, 200 tons; full bunker capac-
| ity, 140O TO i 800 tons; complement of ofn-
| GERS, 40i seamen, marines, etc, 449
| The main battery will consist of four 49,
men breech-loading rifles In Hichborn ball
arced turrets, oval In shape, and placed
| IN the center line of the vessel and four
teen 6-snch rapid-fire guns. The secondary
battery will consist of sixteen 6-pounder
rapid-tire guns, four 1-pounder rapid-fire
guns, two Colt guns, and two field guns
| She will carry four torpedo tubes. The
| l5-lnch guns have an arc of fire of 1856 de-
grees on each side Of the center line and
the 6-inch an arc of 80 degrees on. the
| broadside, with the advantage of those
on the upper deck of a direct fire ahead
ana astern. Any injury TO or near either
OF these 6-inch guns win be confined to its
| own compartment, as a 11s-inch steel
| splinter bulkhead separates each OF these
guns from its neighbor
| The armor belt, which extends from the
stem to abaft the after turret, is to be 1871
inches thick at the top and 9l5 inches thick
| at the bottom, except at the forward end
| where 1t will be tapered to inches at the
| stem. This belt armor will extend from
| four feet below the normal load line to
| three and half feet above it, and will
| maintain the full thickness amidships he
tween the turrets and for the distance oc-
| cupied by the engines and boilers dag
onal arnor u inches thick, connecting this
belt armor and barbettes and extending
IRON the slopes of protective deck to top
| of the side belt on each side, is worked to
| give protection from raking fire.
| Abaft the after turret the protection
VIII be completed by thckening the pro-
tective deck to four inches on the slopes.
| with "a inches on the fiat. On the stones
| OF this deck forward 1t is three inches
| thick and 2$l inches on the fat The ar
| NOR on the 19-inch gun turrets win be
| seventeen inches on the front and fifteen
| Inches on the rear and sides; while that
on the barbettes for these turrets, which
| are circular in shape, will be fifteen inches
| on the front and ten inches on the rear
/ and sides.
| The sides of the vessel above the belt
i armor in wake of the 6-inch battery, and
! forming the casemate, win me armored
| with 51a inches of steel, extending between
the turrets with diagonal ormar of same
1 Aaa1r.
| the barbettes, and worked above the ~
| inch diagonal armor below. She will be-
| projected against the entrance of water,
in case of injury to the side. at the water
line, by cofferdams extending for the
| length of the vessel on each side, and
having a general width of three feet, with
a total capacity of about 1850 cubic feet,
for stowage of fireproofed corn-pith cellu-
lose.
In dependent of the numerous small
water-tght pockets or cells forming the
entire scheme, of cofferdams the inner
bottom and hold, the platforms, splinter.
and berth decks are divided into between
two hundred and three hundred water
| tight compartments, both for the
accommodation of the motive pow
er and the stowage of coal,
| provisions, ammunition, and other
stores. and also for the preservation of
the ship In the event of rupture of the
| outer skin or injury IN battle.
| All these many compartments are pro-
vided with pipes. connecting with power
full steam pumps. for the purpose of re-
moving any water that may get In them
either from accident or design. Arrange
ments are also made for flooding all ann
muntlon rooms In the event of fire On
board the vessel. All these compartments
together with all living spaces, state
rooms, etc, occupied by the officers or
crew, have special pipes or ducts arranged
with a view of supplying fresh air to the
occupants. and to make the temperature
OF all store-rooms, even in the most re-
mote parts of the vessel, comfortable and
healthy. These pipes all connect with
powerful blowers which draw fresh air
by means of ventilators extending from
ten or, twenty feet above the ships deck.
The forward coming tower armor will
be ten inches thick, oval in shape, size In
the clear I by II feet, with an armored
tube seven inches thick extending down
to the protective deck, TO house all wires
or other means of interior communica.
ton, so that the officer coming the vessel
IN action con be in constant and safe COM
munication with all parts of the vessel
An after coming or signal tower Is also
provided, having an inside diameter ol
six feet and thickness of six inches.
The turrets will be operated by electric