The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-19

fire 5-inch, secondary rapid fire
battery, eight 6-pounders, two l.
FOUNDERS, two Colts, one field gnn,
torpedo tubes, two; authorized 1883.
SAN FRANCISCO Protected cruiser,
displacement, 4 ,09S tons; speed 10
knots; maximum coal supply, 62S
tons; complement, 1888; armor,
protective deck 2 inches on Fl at.
inches OF slopes; guns. main battery
twelve 6-inch slow fire; secondary
rapid fire battery, four 6-pounders,
four B Founders, two 1-pounders,
three 37-mm. Hotchkiss, four
Gatlings, one field gun; torpedo
tubes, four; authorized 1887.
MONTGOMERY Cruiser; length, 257
feet; displacement, 2,0S9 tons; speed,
10 knots; complement, $50 men;
armament, nine 5 inch rapid fire
guns, six 6-pounder rapid fire guns,
two 1 Founders and two Cuttings.
DETROIT. = Unprotected cruiser:
displacement, 2,OS9 tons; speed Is Z
knots; maximum coal supply, $40
tons; complement, 256: armor, q
inch water tight deck; guns, main
battery ten 5-inch rapid fire;
secondary rapid fire battery, six g.
Founders, two 1-pounders, two
Colts, one field gun; torpedo tubes,
! two; authorized 1888.
New ORLEANS (formerly Amazonas)
Projected cruiser; displacement,
| $500 tons; speed, 81 O5 knots;
normal coal supply, 700 tons;
complement, $50; armor, protective
deck 3 inches on slopes; guns, MAN
battery six 6-inch rapid fire;
secondary rapid fire battery, ten g.
Founders, four machine guns;
torpedo tubes, three; purchased from
| Brazil, 1898
PURIrAN.-Monitor; length, $50
feet; displacement, 5000 tons; speed
Is knots; complement, 900 men;
armament, four II inch, six 4 inch
rapid fire, four 3 Founders, four /
Founders, four machine guns.
| AMPHITRITE. = Monitor; displace
ment, B 900 tons; speed, 10 5 knots
maximum coal supply, $50 tons
complement, 1872; armor, deck IL
inches, sides to inches; barbettes
liz inches; turrets, * inches; guns
main battery, four 1O-inch, two
rapid fire 4-inch; secondary rapid
fire battery, two 6-pounders. two
3-pounders, two 37mm. Hotchkiss
two 1 FOUNDERS; keel laid, 1874
completion authorized, 1885.
TERROR. Monitor; displacement
$500 tons; speed, 1O5 knots
maximum coal supply, $50 tons
complement, lit; armor, belt
inches, deck IL inches, turrets III
inches; guns, main battery, four 10
inch; secondary rapid fire battery
two FOUNDERS. two 3-pounders
two 37mm. Hotchkiss, two l.
Founders, two Gatlings; keel laiC
1874; completion authorized 1885
| KATAHDIN, -Armored ram; dis
placement, 2,155 tons; speed, 16.17
knots; maximum coal supply, 10:
tons; complement, 81; armor. sidel
3 to inches, deck to inches
guns, four 6 pour der rapid firere
authorized 1899.
NEWARK Protected cruiser
length, 80 feet; displacement, 09s
tons; speed, 10 knott; complement
300 mel; armament, twelve 6-inc'
guns, four 6-pounders, four 3
Founders and two 1 FOUNDER rapit
fire guns, seven machine guns.
| VE>UvIUs Dynamite gun boat
displacement, 929 tons; speed, 21 4:
knots; maximum coal supply, 16:
tons; complement, 50; armament
three Inch dynamite guns; thre
FOUNDER rapid fl e guns; authoriz {
1886.
| HELENA Gun boat; displacement
,392 tons; speed, Is so knots
maximum coal supply, 800 tons
complement, It's; ar.nor,s 5-16-incl
to = inch water tight deck; guns
main battery eight 4-inch rapid f.
secondary rapid fl battery four g.
FOUNDERS, four 1-pounders, tw,
! ANNAPOLIS. Composite gun boa
displacement, 1000 tons; speed
ID II knots; maximum coal supply
225 tons; complement. 135; arma
ment, main battery, six 4-inch rapi'
fire guns; secondary battery, fou
6-pounders, two 1 Founders, on
Colt, one fl Id gun; authorized 1895
| MARIETTA -Composite gunboat
displacement, 1000 tons; speed
ID 03 knots; maximum coal supply
336 tons, complement, 40, arma
ment, main battery, six 4 inch rapi'
fire guns, secondary battery four &
FOUNDERS, two 1-pOunders, one Colt
one field gun. authorized 1895.
| PORTER -First-class torpedo boat
displacement, 100 tons. speed, %. 6;
knots, maximum coal supply, q
tons, length, IT'S feet, beam, II feet
draught, 5 feet 6 inches. complement
81, armament, three Is inch White
head torpedo tubes, four / pOnnde
rapid fire guns, authorized 1895.
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