The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-11
At navy yard. Norfolk. in reserve.
FISH COMMISSION VESSELS.

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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Commander
j F Moser. A. San Francisco.
FISHHAWk-Lieut. Franklin Smith.
RANK AND VALUE IN WARFARE.
The foregoing shows nothing but YES
sells IN commission. The list which fol-
lows comprises rot only those in commits
sion. but those in various stages OF con-
struction and repair, classified according
TO their raEk and value in warfare.
ARMORED VESSELS.
Ffrst-clGss battleships Kearsa-ge.
Kentucky. Alabama. Illinois. Wisconsin.
Iowa, Indiana, Massachusetts. Oregon.
~Second-c.ass battIeshipeTexas.
Monitors-Monterey. Puritan, Morad-
mock. Terror, ~Amphatrite. M~iantonomah.
Armored cTuisers-Brooklyn. New York
Steel harbo- defense ram-Katahdin.
Ram-Alarm.
sinsle-turret memberships. Conan
che, canonicus. CatskiIl. Jason. Lehigh.
Mahopac. Manhattan. Montauk. Nahant,
Nantucket, Passaic. Wyandottet.
UNARMORED STEEL VESSELS.
Protected cruisers-Olympia. Mime
apols. Columbia, Chicago. Baltimore.
Charleston. Cincinnati. Raleigh. Atlanta.
Boston.
Cruisers-Montgomery. Detroit, Mar
bleflead.
Dispatch boats-Doiphin. Fern.
Gunboats-Concord. Yorktown. Ben
ninston, Helena. Wilmington, Nashville.
Castine. Petrol, Bancroft. Machias,
Vicksburg. Annapolis. Newport, Prince
ton, W1eeling. Marietta. Also gunboats
No. Z, No. S, No. 9.
Dynamite cruiser-Vesuvius.
Torpedo boats and catchers-Ericsson,
Cushing, Stiletto (wood).
L. s.. IRON AND WOOD STEAM YES
Bark-Ranger, Enterprise. Alert. Nip
sic, Omaha, Yantic. Marion. Thetis,
Mohican, Michigan (barkentine). Adams.
Alliance, Essex.
Snips-Lancaster. Pensacola. Hartford,
Richmond. Swatara, IroquOis.
Schooners-Monocacy, Pinta.
WOOD SAILING VESSELS.
Bark-Monongahela.
Ships = Constellation, Portsmouth,
Jamestown, Saratoga. St. Mary's.
STEAM TUGS.
Catalpa. Fortune, Legion. Nellis. Tri-
ton. Nina. Rocket, Standish, Iwana.
Wahneta, Narketa.
RECEIVING SHIPS.
Independence. Franklin, Vermont, En-
terprise. Richmond.
COAST SURVEY STEAMERS.
Blake, Bache, Endeavor, Patterson,
Gedney.
FISH COMMISSION STEAMERS.
Albatross, Fish Hawk.
FLEET BELONGING TO SPAIN.
To match these vessels of the Ameri-
can navy Spain has the following fleet,
some Of them still under construction
about as far along as our own Kentucky
and kearsarge. which are to be launched
in three weeks-and will require several
months to complete and put in commits
sion:
First-class battleships-Pelayo, Nu-
mancia.
S~econd-class battleships-Numancia,
Vitoria.
Armored cruisers-Imerador Carlos w.,
Almirante, Oquende, ViZcaya, Infanta,
Marie Teresa. Princess de Asturias,
Cristobal Colon, Cardinal Cisneros, Ca
taluna.
Protected cruisers-Alfonso XII. Lee
panto, Isla de Cuba. Don Juan de AS
turia, Don Antonio de Ulloa.
Partially protected cruisers-Alfonzo
Pinzon. Reina Cristina, Isabel II, Reina
Mercedes, Ersenada, Castillo, Navarro,
AragOn.
Gunboats partially protected-Fi!ipinas,
Condo de Venadito, Don Alvarode Ba-
Fan, Infanta Isabel, Marques de la Vic
toria, Marques de la Moline, Nueva Es-
p2na, Dona Maria de Molino.
Nine torpedo gunboats.
Eighteen torpedo boats from 100 tons
downward.
event Of trouble many Of the vessels in
both naVies would be out of the calcula-
ton because of not being completed.
The tonnage of those under construction
for the United States is about 1900 tons,
and for Spain about 5000 tons. The
the armor for the Illinois, the Alabama
and the Wisconsin,. the three battleships
under construction. But our ships are
being built in our own navy yards, while
those for Spain, or most of them. are in
the navy yards Of England and Germany.