The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-17


VII alse have az arnored belt extending
ever 245 feet Of their length. OF uniform
thickness of 8 inches. rising from the top
Of the main belt 10 tue upper or main
deck. and joined al its after end to the
harbette Of TIE 12-ineh turret by 5-ineh
armarcd bulkheaG, and having at It's for
ward end an inclined aTm0Ted bUikhead
from side &c side, inches thieK, thus
forming citadel or reGoEDt within which
the 6-inch guns will be mounted The
barbstte tor the tHrrets Of the Pinch guns
are tc be 10 inches in thickness for thset
portion outside Of the redoubt or citadel,
reduced to 6 inches in thickness within.
The turrets themselves VIII be protscted
By arrnor 10 inches in thickness. the port
plates. however, being II inches. The
9-insh turrets wiz in al eases, whether
supeHimposed or Independent. be protected
by inches of armer, with 1-z-iHch port
plates, aad their barbettes viii be protect
cd by similar arnlor.
The coming tower and its shield will
be inches in thickness, and the armored
tubes Will be protected by 6 inches OF ar
NOR and VIII be of sufficient size not only
TO receive all the voice pipes, wiring, etc.
but 10 also permit of their being used as
a passage way II necessary. In addition
to the coming tower there VIII be aft
second tower known as the signal tower,
which will be protected by 5-inch armor.
From the bottom OF the water-iine arrncr
belt there viii rise a curved turtle-Dacked
niekel-steeI protective deck IL inches
thick on the fat and inches thick on the
sl0ping sides, TO make assurance double
sure that no projectile OF the enemy finds
its way into the vitals of the ship As an
additional protection 10 stability. a Golfer
dam belt, feet IN thickness and packed
to a density of pounds TO the cubic foot,
VIII be worked along the two sides above
the protective deck for The entire length
CT the vessel.
All 20 BE FIasshipS.
It is proposed 10 make all OF these YES
sells nagships. and 10 do this it IS necessa-
~ to make provision for the aeeommoda-
ton OF flag officer, commanding officer.
/ chief Of stan, 70 wardroom officers. L
junior officers. 10 warrant officers, and eos
crew ard marines, making a grand total
CT 7e9, Both officers and crew Will have
washroons, bathrooms and other similar
conveniences, such as will place the COM
fort and heaithfuIness OF these vessels
very high in the scale.
The applications OF electricity on board
are very much wider than in the case of
any other battleships in existence, with
the possible exception of the Kearsarge
and Kentucky All of the turrets have
electrical turning gear. and the ammuni
ton hoists, blowers 10 the turrets and
general ventilation, the general workshop
and practically all Of the auxiliariss, OUT
side Of the engineers department, and ex-
cepting caPstaR and steering gear, are to
be electrically driven. To provide for the
power required for these purposes there
Viii be installed in the three ships with
superimpQsed tuTrets engines and dyna-
mos, mounted on combination bed plates,
having 4 rated output of 1850 amperes
al so volts and with SO amperes at so
! volts The two ships with the S-inch guns
in quadrilateral arrangement will be pro-
vided with 10 engines and dynamos,
mounted on combination bed plates; 2
with a rated output Of 1,259 amperes at
! 80 volts, md s with 625 amperes at so
volts.
Important tests OF the new 12-inch na-
val gun, which is the type Of the great
guns to be furnished the new battleships
and armoTed cruisers, have been in pro-
gress yesterday and today at Indian Head
Proving Grounds The gun IS the first Of
90 1t is a modification OF the old .2-inch
gun, with an enlarged chamber suited 20
the use of smOkeless powder and designed
to take much heavier charges and to Sc
cure higher velocity and penetration than
/ the old gun. The firing thus far has jus
+ tilted every expectation as to the rev
! niece