The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-11-25
THE KENTUcKY's TRIAL TRIP.
Ne" Battleship Develops a Sustained
Speed of IOSTS Knots.

BOSTON, Nov 24-The frst-class bat
tleship Kentucky, sister ship of the Kear
| sarge, made on her trial trip over the Cape
Ann course today, an average of 1858
knots an hour on the entire run of Sc
| knots. The record made by the Kentucky
slightly exceeds that of the Kearsarge. and
when tidal allowances are computed it is
expected that 17-knot performance will
be recorded. Her builders the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Com
pany, are confident that the final figures
will be as noted.
The conditions for today's run. although
somewhat doubtful at first. owing to a
! neavy sea and thick weather became be-
/ lore the start almost ideal. cross swell
being the only drawback The tugs with
| the members Of the trial board Rear Nd
/ mira! Rodgers, Capt, r. D. Evans, and
Lieutenant Commander Schroeder. with
/ the invited guests, met the ship a short
distance outside of Boston Light, and the
big vessel soon got under way and headed
for the line. After u number of prelimi-
nary dashes and turns she headed for the
line, marked by the tug Piscataque, pass
ing it at l0:27;37. a heavy cross swell and
head wind were encountered and the Ken
lucky failed TO equal the excellent start
made by her sister ship She reached the
battleship Texas, marking the end of the
first leg. at 10:5l:23, with the elapsed time
for the distance. % minutes and 46 seconds.
1858 knot gait. The next leg, ending
with the lighthouse tender Mayflower. was
done in % minutes and SO seconds, at a
slightly slower gait or 1851 knots. The
third leg was done in better time. % min
utes and &c seconds a 1871 clip. The
fourth leg was still faster. the distance
being done in % minutes and 20 seconds,
very close to II knots. 1873. On the last
leg. chat figure was exceeded the distance
being done in % minutes and 10 seconds, or
a 17.01 rate. The total time for the out
ward trip was ! hour, 81 minutes and 81
seconds, with an average speed of 1924
knots.
After a wide turn the return trip was
commenced. The Kentucky shot across the
line at 12:44:56 The elapsed times for
the different legs. with the speed in knots
were % minutes II seconds. HOBS
knots; % minutes 90 seconds. 1853 knots;
% minutes % seconds. 16.942 knots; %
minutes 10 seconds. IS 639 knots; % min
utes 81 seconds. 1924 knots
Il viii be seen that her highest and low
est rates were reached in the fourth and
fifth legs on the inward trip. The entire
inward trip was done in ] hour, 80 minutes.
1882 knots. The time for the entire trip
was hours, 53 minutes, and 30 seconds,
with the total average speed 1878 knots
President circuit, for the Newport News
Company, said that the company was very
we'll satisfied with the record made. as
il was, under somewhat adverse circum-
stances, head wind and fairly heavy sea.
The engines worked beautifully, averaging
in revolutions about is. with a steam
pressure ranging from 100 to $50 pounds,
The absolute absence Of oscillation or vi
bration was as apparent as on the Kear-
sarge.
Among the guests Of the Newport News
Shipbuilding end Dry Dock Company Oh
the trial were Rear Admiral W. T. Samp-
son, Foster NJ Voorhees,, Governor of New
Jersey; w. II. Corbin, Frank Bergen,
Charles a. Moore. Representative George
w. Weymouth, Representative John P.
Fitzgerald, Lieut.. c. A. Foster. L. s. N
Lieutenant Commander c. A. Merriam, o.
B. Roberts, Fred r. A. Macleod George 5.
Citizens, William P. Chadwick, Alfred A.
Pratt, and William Wood.