The evening times., 1900-06-28

Some Of the people OF Maryland have
complained to Secretary Long that a bat
tleship rather than cruiser should have
been named for their State To these COM
plants the Secretary OF the Navy replied
yesterday that he thought the honor Of
having any ship named for a State should
be appreciated by that State, especially
when so many States we're seeking that
honor, and it had come practically unso-
lcited to Maryland. The fact that it was
an armored cruiser and not 'battIeshIp
which was selected to bear the name OF
Maryland far from being a source of re-
gret. should be a cause for additional pride
Confusion results from the term arInored
cruiser. but the Navy Department appears
to have exhausted its available supply OF
names for the fighting machines and is
compelled to fall back on a combination
term already employed
1t is a mistake TO suppose that the Ma
ryIand is TO be Of the Identical class of the
New York or Brooklyn. AS Admiral Hch-
born remarked: why, you could put the
New York or Brooklyn inside the Mary
land and have room TO walk around it,
which statement, while somewhat eXag-
gerated perhaps. will convey an idea Of
the superiority Of the new cruisers Of the
Maryland type over those Of the type of
the New York and Brooklyn.
The new ships OF the Maryland type"
said Secretary Long. are intended TO be
the finest fighting ships in the American
Navy. They Will have almost as much
strength as the greatest battleships and
will be infinitely superior In speed. They
combine the battleship and the cruiser ana
20 .H--r1
Their displacement will be thousands Of
tons greater than any ships of the present
Navy: their speed and coaling capacity viii
be greater, and in every way they are TO
be superior vessels l am sorry any eG-
preSsions of dissatisfaction should be
heard but l am sure if the people OF Ma
ryland were cOnversant with the facts they
would be satisfied that one of the greatest
ships of the Navy will be named for thar
State"
Admiral Hichborn expressed the csse
pithiIy when he said: An armored cruiser
is a fast battieship-" So well did ngres5
think Of these ships that it allowed 81 25O,-
600 each for their construction, while
battleshlp costs only So 500 ,000, the cost
OF arInor and armament being additional
in each case of course. the heavier gurs
and heavier armor of the battles hips VIII
bring their cost up to about the same o.
perhaps a trifle more than the aTm0rcd
~ d
SAYS there IS not nearly the amount Of
work on a battICship that there will be on
the new aTmored cruisers. At present there
are no armored cruisers OF the Mary and
type. as they were never authorized until
the passage Of ;he Naval bill of last year,
and their construction was held up pending
the ability OF the department 10 get arnOr
for them.
The Maryland is to have a tonnage Of
10 500 tons against 9,212 for the Brock yn
and 200 for the New York. OF over 5000
tons more than those cruisers which"
said Admiral Eichbo7n, gave a fairly good
account Of themselves during the ate
war" The coal capacity Of the B-oOk,yn
is / 461 tors. and of the New York 1880
tons, while the Maryland will carry 3 GO
tons. and have a greater steaming IA ,ius
than any ship in the Navy except those of
her own type. The horse-Powe Of tie
Brooklyn is Is. 769, and OF the New York.
II. 4Ol, while that OF the Maryland will be
23,CO0 The Maryland will steam at least
% knots an hour. and probably %. while
the New York makes p and the Brooklyn
21.91 knots. The great battleship Oregon.
which is pretty well thought Of has
horsepower Of but 1L111 and 10000 tons
displacement, with a speed OF 1919 knots
None but the new battleships-the Maine,
the Missouri, the Ohio, the Virginia, and
the Rhode Island-wiU have the coal ca
=
limited 70 eighteen knots The length Of
the Maryland will be 500 feet, as cOmplr6d
with 34S to 3SS feet for the seagoing coast
line battleships, and 400 feet inches f1r
the Brooklyn and $50 feet 6Iz inches for
the New York. The Maryland will have
an extreme breadth OF 70 feet, where the
New York has 81 feet 10 inches and the
Brooklyn 64 feet s IA inches.
She Will carry a complement of officers
and men amounting to 700. while the Ken
tucky. which carries the largest number
for a battleship. viii have but 554 officers
and men. In the matter of armor and ar
mament the battleships are superior to
the Maryland type of armored cruisers,
having armor OF 7lz 10 16Iz inches and II
and 13-inch guns. where the Maryland will
have S-inch guns. In armor. however the
Maryland will be well provided. as she will
have six inches at the water line and five
inches above the casemate. and. as she
can easily outrun any battIeship and out
fight anything else, she will be quite a
credit TO the State. AS far as the outlines
Of the Maryland have been completed they
show the following: She will be 500 feet
long, with a beam of 20 feet and a draft
Of "A feet inches, light, and a maximum
draft Of rs feet. She will make from %
knots upward. will have a coal capacity
OF 1000 tons, and her machinery tools and
stores will weigh 1850 tons. Her dis
be able to steam 5000 miles or more ar
10 knots an hour without recoaling. Thir-
ty boilers of the water-tube type will de-
velop % 900 horsepower to move her DOW
erful twin screws, the steam pressure be-
ing $50 pounds, the stroke of the cylin
der feet, the ratio of the cylinder / to
7.30, and the diameter sufficient for the re-
quired horse-pow at about 120 reyolu-
tions per minute.
She will carry four S-inch and fourteen
twelve 3-pOundeTs. eight 1-pounders. two
field, two Calling. and two Colt guns. and
two torpedo tubes arranged as follows:
The S-ineh guns will be mounted in re-
tOlving turrets on the main deck two in
each turret, and one turret at each end of
The vessel. Four of the 6-inch guns will be
mounted on the main deck. one at each
corner so that from either end there can
be fired two S-inch and two 6-inch guns.
The four 6-inch guns can also be fred
broadside. On the gun deck the remaining
ten 6-inch guns will be mounted five on a
side, so that each five may be fired broad
Iide, and each of the two at the ends may
be fired forward OF aft. The 14-pounders
will be mounted eight on the main deck
Imidships and four forward and four aft
m the gun deck. The others will be placed
emily about the ship.
The boilers will present a heating sur
lace of 6S.00O square feet and the furnaces
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