Evening journal., 1899-06-10
.STRINGIiAM LAUNCHED
Another Addition to the
United States Navy.
PROMINENT PEOPLE PRESENT

LAUNCH.
The largest and costllest torpedoboat
yet designed for the United States navy
was launched this afternoon at the ship
| yard of the Harlan and IoMlngsworth
Company. and named the stringham.
Her sponsor WAS Miss Edwino String
ham Creighton, who. as the boat glided
gracefully into the Chrisdana. named her
after her great grandfather. Rear Admit
raj Silas Horton Stringham.
The launching was made a notable af-
fair in the history Of the Harlan and
| IIoIlingsworth Company. Invitations 10
be present were sent to a large number
Of prominent army and navy men. to the
president and members OF the Cabinet.
and many officials of large steamship
companies, besides a number Of guests
from this city.
Luncheon was served in the mold loft
at y O'Clock noon, and the guests were
made welcome and acquainted by oni-
cials of the local company. Work In the
yard and shops stopped at noon, and
many of the guests were shown through
the plant. Beside the invited guests pres
ent, large number of others saw the
launch, some from the yard and some
from the opposite side Of uhe creek. Offi-
GERS Of the army and navy were given a
position where they could view the
launching to a great advantage.
The Stringham's keel was laid March
q, 1895, and she will have a speed OF
thirty knots or more. The dimen-
sions of the boat are Length,
225 feet; breadth. % feet mean draught,
feet inches. and displacement $40 tons.
This IS 20 tons larger than the Farrgut,
twice as great as any other American
torpedoboat built or building and is
within 60 tons of the weight Of some Of
the destroyers. Two vertical triple-ex-
pansion engines. driving twin screws,
will develop 1900 horsepower when
forcing the boat at her maximum veloc-
ity This power is greater by 1900 than
3 that Of the Farragut OF any Of her Glass,
and equals that Of several destroyers. IT
{ Is nearly as great as the horsepower Of
the cruisers Newark and Philadelphia,
s which are over 1900 tons displacement;
is much greater than that Of the Detroit
! and Montgomery 2.OOO-ton ships and
nearly twice as great as that Of the At
lanta and the Boston. The normal coal
supply is 35 tons. but the bunker capacity
Of the Strlngham is l2O tons, and with
this she will cruise straightway over O
e thousand knots
, In addition to carrying two ls-lncf
, Whitehead torpedo tubes, the Stringhan
j is defended from vessels of her class by
= seven 6-pounder semi-automatic guns
and she is to be fought by a complement
Of four officers and twenty-eight men.
The members Of the cabinet and army
and navy officers present arrived on {
10 special train.
Il The out-Of-town guests are:
G From New York: superintendent J. T
4 Dallett. of the Red d Line; r. r. Bolton
& Of the Plant Line; John Ingus, of th'
o Maine Steamship Company; A. W
| Fletcher, Of the w. * a. Fletcher Co.
Lieutenant Commander j. c.. Fremont
supervisor of the harbor Of New York
&c Charles A. Gould. president Of the GoulS
Coupler Company; Horatio Hail. super
3 intendent Of the Maine steamship Com
lpany; II. S. Hayward superintendent NJ
Il =. Pennsylvania railroad; Captain j. w
e Miller, president Providence and Stoning
ton Steamship Company; Donald Stuart
u. S. STANDARD; Stevenson Taylor vice
president w & A. Fletcher Co.; Aarol
vanderbilt II. w. Miller. president Nor
rlstown Savings Bank, and representa-
tives Of the papers.
There was a special train from Wash
mgton with Assistant Secretary of tn
% Navy Charles II. Allen, Major-Gonera
II Nelson a. Miles and wlfe, Rear Admira
Id Hichborn and wife. Judge Advocate Gen
eraI Lem1y, Captain Dawson, Naval Con
I
tor Spear and wife. Naval Constmcto
Taylor, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Endicoti
q Civil Engineer A. b. Cunningham, Lieu
~ tenant Commander J. NJ. Roper and wife
.'' and the French naval attache.
This party at Baltimore was Joined b
H. b. II. Consul Frazer, f. w. WOOD
president Maryland Steel Company; J. i
Sherwood vice-presldent of the Old Ba
- Line; A. G. Wilson, general manager &
- the Maryland Steel Company.
Among the guests from Philadelphl
were Lieutenant +. R. Brainard an
wife. Lieutenant A. NJ. Beecher, CAPITAL
Lodge Cotton, Captain S. G. Chase, {
p. a. B. Widener's yacht Josephine; Car
go tain Delano, of the New York and Bait
more Transportation Line; Lieutenar
Lucian Flynne. Naval Constructor J. ]
Hanscom, Assistant Naval Construct
ed ]. II. Linnard, Ensign B. b. Mccormick
IN E. R. Sherwood, of the Maritime E'
II change; S. F. Smith. assistant naval col
tn struotor; George +. Sproule, Of the Boar
Of Port Wardens; J. G. Lindsay, OF ].
Lindsay & Co.; j. NJ. Spiegle, superb
tendent engineer OF the Boston ar
he Philadelphia Steamship Company; Re-
ie- Admiral Sflas Casey, ,commandant Leagl
a Island Navy Yard Paymaster J.
an Speel Civil Engineer c. c. Wolcott' CO
onel J. NJ. Forney. L. 5. NJ. c.; Chief E
gineer Andrade, L. 5. n; Chief Engine
w. S. Moore.
OF The guests from Wilmington ar
be- George j. Bissen. MIR. and Mrs. J.
he Bush, Mr.. ana Mrs Samuel Bancroi
'ge Mr.. and Mrs. John Bancroft, DAM
Bates, Mr.. and Mrs. W. d. Push, j.
Bailey. James Bailey. Mrs. f. T. Bet
=. p. CabeH. Collector Of Gu
die toms w. II. Cooper. George S. Capel
viii Mr.. Campbell: Misses Candy Villa
der NJ. Candy, f. T. Candy. Miss An
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