The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-27

1t VIII he One of the Most Formidable
in the Navy When Completed.

The battle ship Wisconsin, designed In the
Bureau of Construction and Repair Of the
Navy, Department, is a sister ship of The
Alabama, building at the Cramp yard. in
Philadelphia, and also of the Illinois, build
ing at Newport News. The dimensions Of
the Wisconsin are as follows: Length Of
load water line, 36S feet; beam. extreme, %
feet 2ls inches; draft on normll displace-
ment OF IL ,525 tons, % feet inches; maximum
displacement, all ammunition and stores on
hoard, 1926 tons; maximum indicated horse
power estimated, 10000; probable speed,
16i5 knots; normal coal supply, 500 ions; coal
supply, loose storage, 300 tons; fun bunker
capacity, 14OO to 1,5O0 tons: complement IF
officers, 40; seamen, marines. etc, 449.
The main battery will consist of four thlr-
teen-inch breech-loading rifles in Hichborn
balanced turrets, oval in shape, and placed
in the center lire of the vessel, ami four
teen six-inch rapid-fire guns. The Secondary
battery will consist of sixteen six-poundLr
rapid-fire guns. four one FOUNDER rapid-;ire
guns. two Colt guns and two field guns.
She viii carry four torpedo tubes The
thirteen-inch guns have an arc of ire of 1S5
degrees on each side of the center line, and
the six-inch an arc of 50 degrees on the
broadside. with the advantage of those on
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astern. Any injury to or near either of
these six-inch guns will be confined to its
own compartment, as a Observation-Disclosures
steel splinter bulkhead separates each of
these guns from it's neghbor.
The armor belt which extends from the
stem to abaft the after turret is to be
sixteen and half inches thick at the top
and nine and half inches thick at the bot
4nYn excenf M the foruard apd u,hara -
viii be tapered to four inches at the stem.
This belt srmor viii extend from four feet
below the normal load line to three and a
half feet above it. and will maintain the
full thickness amidships between the tur-
rets and for the distance occupied by the
engines and boilers. Diagonal armor twelve
inches thick, connecting this belt armor and
barbettes and extending from the slopes of
the protective deck to the top of the side
belt. on each side. is worked to give pro-
lection from a raking fire. Abaft the after
tIrret the protection will be completed by
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deck forward Il is three inches thick and
two and three-fourths inches on the fiat.
The ai1nOr on the thirteen-inch gun turret
viii be seventeen inches on the front and
fifteen inches on the rear and sides, while
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
armCr IN wake of the sixteen-inch battery,
and forming the casemate. will be armored
with five and a half inches OF steel, ex-
tending between the surrets with diagonal
afmor of the same thickness at the ends.
connecting with the barbettes and working
above the twelve-nch diagonal armor be-
low. She will be protected against the en-
trance Of wateE III case Of Injury TO the
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