The record-union., 1898-05-16
PACIFIC STATION.
Rear Admiral Joseph n. Miller com
manding.

Rear Admiral Joseph n. Miller, COM
manding.
Oregon Captain Charles +. Clark.
Steel coast line battleship. 1O.2SS tons;
5000 HORSEPOWER; - knots speed.
Armament-Fo 13-inch breech load
ing rifles in pairs in two 13-inch bar
bette tuTrets, eight S-inch and four o.
inch breech-lOading rifles in main bat
terry: twenty 6-pounder and six l.
pousder rapid-fire guns and four Cat
lings in secondary battery Built iS
1891 at Union Iron Works. San Fran
cisco; contract price, $3,1S0,Oo0,
Captain not assigned. Steel
Iow-freeboard cOast-defense monitor,
4 0OO tons; 5000 horsepower; IL knots
sDeed. Armament - Two 13-inch and
two 10-inch breech-lOading rifles in two
steel barbette turrets in main battery;
six 6-pounder and four 1-pOunder and
two GatIings in secondary battery.
Built in 1889 at Union Iron Works, San
Francisco: contract price, S1,62S9o0.
Monadnock - Captain William Fl.
Whiting. Iron low-freebOard coast
defense monitor; $500 tons; 5000
horsepower; II knots speed. Arma-
ment - Four 1O-inCh breech-loadInG
rifles in pairs in two steel barbette tur-
rets and two 4-inch rapid-fire guns IN
main battery: two 6-pounder and two
3-pounder and two 31mm Hotchkiss
revolving cannon in secondary battery.
Built in 1874 at the Mare Island navy
yard.
Bennington - Commander Henry f.
Nichols. Cruiser, II50 tons; 3,ot0
horse-p power; Il knots speed. Arma-
ment-Six 6-inch breech-loading rifles,
/ two G-pounder. two 3-pOunder and one
1-pounder rapid-tire guns, two 3'mm.
Hotchkiss cannon and two Gatlings.
Built in 1888 by n. F. Palmer & Co,
/ Chester: contract price. S490,0OO.
Marietta-Captain Frederick NJ Sy-
monds. Gunboat. 200 tons: 500
| horsepower; l. knots speed. Arma-
Iment-Six finch, four 6-pOunder, two
| 1-pounder and one 3-pounder and two
Gatlngs Built in 1896 by Union Iron
| Works. San Francisco.
Alert-Commander f. H. c. Leutze
Gunboat. 1,020 tons; 800 horsepower;
no knots speed. Armament-Four
guns. Built in 1S73-'73 by John Roach,
| Chester, Pa.
ASIATIC STATION.
| Commodore George Dewey, Command
ing.
| Olympia-Captain Charles Y. Gridley
Protected cruiser. $500 tons; 1900
| horsepower: 20 knots speed. Anna
ment-Four S-inch breech-loading rifles
/ and ten 5-inch rapid-fire guns in main
| battery: fourteen 6-pounder. six /
FOUNDER and four Gatlings in second
| ary battery. Built in 1890 by Union
Iron Works. San Francisco; contract
price. 81. 10000
| BaItimore-Captain Nehemiah NJ.
| Over. Protected cruiser. 1900 tons;
I1O.O0 horsepower 10 knots speed. Ar
/ mament-FOur S-inch and six 6-inch
/ breech loading rifles in main battery;
! four G-pounder. two 3-pOunder and two
! I1-pounder guns. four 31mm. Hotchkiss
cannon and two Gatlings in secondary
battery Built in 1887 by William
Cramp 6, Sons; contract price, S1.325,-
! OO0.
Raleigh Joseph 3. Cogh-
Ian. Protected cruiser ;, 1S3 tons; 10
IO0O horse power: 10 knots speed Arma-
ment-One 6-inch and ten 5-inch rapid
fire guns in main battery; eight o.
FOUNDER. four 1-pounder and two Cat
lings in secondary battery. Built in
! 1889 at the Norfolk Navy Yard. Cost,
! 81. .1O0,0N
Boston-Commander Benjamin p.
Lamberton. Protected cruiser, 3.1S9
tons; 1870 horsepower; l. knots
speed. Armament-Two S-inch and
six 6-inch breech-lOading rifles in main
battery: two G-pounder. two 3-pounder
and two 1-pounde- s2pid-hre guns. four
Hotchkiss canrou and two GatlinEs in
/ secondary battery. Bul,t in iSN3 by
/ John Roach x Sons. Chester. Penn :
contract price. SGl"po.
Concord-CommauCe Asa Walker.
Gunboat. 100 tons. y .4O5 horse power:
Is knots speed. Almament-Six e.
inch breech-loading rih - in main bat
terry; two 6-pounder, two 3-pounder.
one 1-pOunder rapid-fire guns. two
37mm. Hotchkiss cannon and two CAT
lings in secondary battery. Built I'm
1855 by y. F. Palmer & Co. Chester.
Penn: contract price $4,000.