The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-11-26
LARGEST VESSEL
TO ENTER hARBOR

TOR the first time in the history of
II Honolulu a first class battleship.
Il one fit to fight anything afloat,
will come into this harbor next week.
Upon the arrival of the battleship Wis
consin on Monday next the great fight
ing machine will be brought into the
harbor and locked at the naval wharf.
The decision TO come inside the har-
Dor with his peerless vessel was reach
ed by Admiral Casey while here on his
way to Tutuila. That he did not at
that time order the ship to enter was
due primarily to the fact that his bust
ness in the south was of such ma
ture that he did not want to run the
risk of storm springing up which
might compel the ship to await it's sub
sidence before trying To leave the mar
Dor. He said then that he would take
his time upon the return trip and would
enter at any event, as he is not com
PEELED to leave at any stated time. This
determination was communicated to
capt. Merry, before the sailing Of the
SOlace.
While the real reason for the com
ing of the battleship is to take in coal,
at the same time there is a desire on
the part of the officers to show their
ship a close range to the people of this
city. The Wisconsin will be The first
ship of her class to enter this harbor,
and never before has vessel of the
tonnage of this one, 10000 ever tried
the channel. once the ship has been
brought in, and her COalng finished,
there will be arranged a series of open
days when the vessel may be viewed
by everyone who comes.
There is also every reason to believe
that the ship will be the scene of some
brilliant social gatherings. as the young
men of the ship have been for the past
month out from port and will welcome
the presence Of their vessel in a port
which has the reputation for hospital
ity which has made Honolulu known
to every officer of the navy.
Mrs Casey, with her daughter, is
here awaiting the arrival of the flag
ship. She has been the recipient of
many social attentions and the Nag
officers who have just returned from
dhe south have every moment of their
time taken up until their sailing.
The Wisconsin classes as a seagoing
coast-line battleship. She is 36S feet in
length, " feet 2ta inches beam and %
1eel b lncheS mean draft The dlsplaCe-
ment is II, 525 tons and the net tonnage
5.lii.G The ship Is equipped with twin
screws and triple expansion engines,
built 10 show an indicated horsepower
Of 10000. Upon this showing the speed
was to be l6 knots. but this was beaten
by from 10 TO 12lA per cent upon sea trials
other than official.
There are two 1S-inch barbette turrets
and two military masts. The main bat
fery consists of four l3-inch guns in tur-
Fets and "A 6-inch rapid fire guns mount
sed n broadside batteries. In the Sec
4pndpry battery are sixteen G-pounder
Iapid fires. four l-pounder rapid fire
5sans four Colts and two 3-inch field
Pfcss. There are four long Whitehead
Rorpsdo' tubes in addition.
s-EoI, the armor the sides Is sixteen and
one-hali inches and the bottom nine and
one-haH inches. the water line being
thTteenl and three-fourths inches, there
being about Il. 100 cubic feet of corn pith
obturating matter. The keel of the YES
sci was laid February 9th, 1887. and the
'esSei was completed last year.
The vessels complement includes forty
officers and $50 men.