The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-11-21
BATTLESH|P KENTUCKY
QUEEN OF THE SEAS.
MAKES A BREAKING
RUN FROM NEW YORK
TO GIBRALTAR.
An Average of Fourteen Knots an
Hour for Twelve Days
Beats the Oregon's
Record.

NEW YORK. Nov. S.-The Queen nj
the United States navy is now Uncle
Sans splendid battleship Kentucky. She
is the big beauty that went under the
Brooklyn bridge one night not long ago.
when the moon was high There was a
car blockade and hundreds of people
watched the great fighting machine as
she slowly drifted under the bridge.
Everybody knew that she was war yes
sci. but none knew her name. She was
hailed:
What ship are you:''
The answer came from a group of
men in the fighting top. and it ran:
''She was bred in old Kentucky.
Where the meadow grass is blue"
Hundreds of cheers sounded and the
great battleship went on down the Mar
rows. her jackies still singing.
And now comes news from Gibraltar
that the Kentucky has broken all long
distance records for war ships. Even
the Oregon's marvellous performance dur
ing the Spanish war must take the back
ground when the knot question is con-
sidered. for the Kentucky has beaten her
The Kentucky left New York October
Goth. and has. therefore, made the dis
tance to Gibraltar in just twelve days.
From Sandy Hook to the big rock is
about four thousand miles, and the Ken
tucky. therefore has made speed averag-
ing Il knots all the way across. For a
war ship the officers of the BROOKLYN
navy yard say this performance is mar
velous. as the trip when made by the Dig
ocean greyhounds of the Hamburg -Ameri-
can line consumed at least eight days
The Kentucky's making the distance in
twelve days under natural draft proves
her to be more than her builders claimed
for her. when it is taken into considera-
ton that liners are under forced draft
the entire distance
The Oregon. on her voyage around the
Horn. maintained sea speed of 13 / ?
knots an hour. and until the. performance
of the Kentucky was made known the
Oregon held the record for rapid transit
by fighting ships. The Kentucky was
obliged 10 put hack 10 New York twiae
before her start across the Atlantic be-
cause of slight defects found in her gun
mounts. Everything must have been sat
isfactory. however. for nothing more was
heard from her until today. when cable
reached the navy yard officials giving the
brief news of her arrival. and SAYING that
she had broken all long distance records
for war ships. The navy yard officials
were both surprised and delighted to hear
of the kentucky's marvellous run. aud
they Immediately cabled Captain Chester
their congratulations
When Admiral Dewey came home from
Manila last year he made the trip from
Gibraltar to New York in the fast cruiser
Olympia in nine days, arriving here two
days ahead of time. Even this. naval
officers say. Is not so remarkable a per-
Torrance as the Kentucky's "Trip has
proved to be because the Olympia was
built for speed and as cruiser. while
the Kentucky is hsttieship Of the first
class. and OF csurse more pcrderous and
built on heavier lines than the handsome
vessel which led the fighting line al Ma
Mia.
NEW YORK. Nov. iS--A dispatch 10
the Herald from Al<iers says: The
United States battleship Kentucky has
arrived here All on board are we'll Her
reports that the ship behaved
spiendidly in the heavy weather en-
in the Atlantic. and scarcely
rolled at an The Kentucky will ieavs
on Thursday. after coaling. for the China
station