The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-05
The Ba ttleshlp kentucky

The United States first-class battle
ship Kentucky, which arrived in Ca
vite recently, after an eventful trip
from New York, which port she left
on the 10Th OF October, encountered a
very severe storm while in mid-ocean,
and showed her sea-going qualities to
the best of advantage; as one officer
expressed it, She is as sieacy as a
church,
The Kentucky is the first American
battle-ship that ever crossed the At
lantic ocean to foreign ports, and all
on board are proud of her record. The
first stop was made on November Sth
at Gibraltar, next at Aigiers, then to
Naples, where stop of one week was
Niue. Next to Smyrna Tor stop of
three weeks, in order to impress the
Sultan with the fact that it was time
for him to ANTE up in that mission
airy game he has been playing. While
lying there, Captain Colby NJ Chester
and three officers visited Constantine
pie, and were banqueted by the Sultan,
Charge d Affaires Mr.. Lloyd c. Girls
com introducing the guests to the Sui
tan. The Grand Vizier and other Dig
nitarieS We're present at the dinner.
Before leaving Constantinople Mr..
Griscom and Captain Chester were re-
ceived in private audience by the Sui
tan, after which the officers were ac-
corded an audience and were addressed
by the Sultan.
The business in hand was satisfac-
torily accomplished, at least the Porte
promised to pay up, and in the future
to be little more expeditions IN his
obligations with Uncle Sam From
Smyrna the ship touched at Suez, Port
Said, Alden and Colombo, where she
remained five days coaling, from there
to Singapore, and thence to Manila
The Kentucky is a sister ship to the
kearsarge, being built by the Newport
News Shipbuilding Company, and
launched some eighteen months ago.
At her trial trip she developed a speed
or seventeen knots an hour. Her arm
ament consists of the following: -Four
l3-inch and four S-inch guns mounted
IN superlmposed turre'tS fore ana aft,
| fourteen 5-,nch guns, twelve 6-pound-
efs on superstructure, eight 6-pound-
ers on berth deck, four 1-pound auto
matte and four 1-pound rapid-fire in
lower main tops, four Colt machine
suns IN upper main tops, two 3-inch
l Ielu pieces, and four torpedo tubes.
Inc Kentucky can throw at one round
more metal than any ship affoat. Her
dcerS are as follows: She is COM
;trded by Captain Colby M Chester:
-btenant Commander Hugo Oster-
n Lieutenant Commander Charles
a. we; Lieutenants M Beyington
Sir Leonard, Crosse, Moffat, Scott and
Woo; Ensign Palmer; Chief Surgeon
Lums isn, Assistant Surgeon Evans.
PaylGaster Drury; Captain of Marines,
Capita 4 Newman; Lieutenant of Mar
ines. Lieutenant Wallace; six cadets
Mess1es. Naile, Doyle, Noa, Sdhoenfeld,
Laudenberger and Landram; Boat
swain Larkin; Gunners Eilers and
Fries, and Carpenter Kiley.
The full complement of the ship is
$40 men and 60 marines, besides 80 off,
GERS.
Lieutenant Sims. now on board the
Kertucky, was the former United
Stat 5 naval attache at Paris, and the
one hom La Presse described as the
pers guilty of disclosing the gun Sc
crets ne French Government gave
most 9hatic denial to these rumors,
and t. uphold the stand taken offered
the Cross of the Legion of Honor TO
Lieutenant Sims. Being a Government
official he viii have to acquire the
sanction of Congress before accepting.
The Kentucky sailed from Cavlte for
Honskoug, and thence to Shanghai,
where she relieves the Oregon.