New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-15

The New-Jersey VIII be able not only TO give hard
knocks, but 10 receive them for she will be heavily,
erInored- In the first place, there will be COM
pete waterine belt eight feet IN width amidships
eleven inches thick at the top and eight inches AT
the bottom, tapering four inches uniform thick
ness al extremities. There Will also be an armored
central citadel. redoubt. within which the 6-inch
rapid fire guns will be mounted as in a land
fortress This Will be formed by arnored belt
2i5 feet In length the sides and OF a uniform
thickness OF six inches, extending from the top Of
the main, waterline. belt TO the main deck Thu.
ENDS are completed with armor Of the same thick
ness. which at the bow inclines back and is sor,er.
with the deck The barbettes for the turret. OF the
-nch guns will be ten inches in thickness for the
portion outside the central redoubt or citadel re-
dUcet TO six inches within it The turrets FOR III.
N-fnch guns VIII be further protected By ten inch
errnor the turret port plates however being in
creased TO eleven inches. The s-inch turretE VIII
have six inch and six and one-haif inch nort
plates The top OF the New-Jerseys Pinch t,1rrets
Will be three and one-half inches in thickness and
the tops OF her sinch gun turrets one and onehalr
Inches. The barbettes for the smaller turrets will
De protected by armor six inches IN thickness
Inc coming tower and its shield will be nine
Inches in thickness. with two inch floor OF armor
plate. from which six inch armored tube for the
protection Of voice pipes and wiring leads TO the
nickel steel protective deck which extends through
out the length Of the ship. This is one and one
half inches thick the fat and three inches thick
on the slopes The signal tower will carry armor
pate I'VE inches thick. In case the arrnor on the
soe should be penetrated by shot little water can
ger N, Tor between Tie protective deck and the
s1rnor belt vii be cofer dam belt OF areproot
corn pith celluose, which VIII swell when the water
enters and close the hole Both the New-Jersey and
aer sister snip, the Rhode Island will be fitted as
nagsnlps, and provision is made for the accom-
modaton Of flag officer. the ships captain a fleet
chiei OF stan. twenty WardrOrm officers twelve
junior ofhcers. ten warrant officers and 65s crew
ahG marines making total of zoe, or ships com
teleht equang in size that carried by the line-of
battle ships OF oden times.
Enormous as the New-Jersey will be having an
estimated displacement Of 1880 tons her draught
WI only be . feet inches, compared with the
smaller ana older Indiana the Iowa and the Massa-
cnusets respectively, Of 1925 1883 and 2S8 tons
Win craugnts OF q feet. In engine power as well
as IN size the New-Jersey breaks the batteshp
record, Tor she viii carry two engines developing
10 Iess tAan 1900 indicated horsepower. Her great
win screws viii be driven by vertical four cylinder
tilple expansion engines having a stroke of four
ieet and running about 10 revolutions a minute.
me ratios OF high pressure and low pressure cylin-
GERS being TO 40. Steam at $50 pounds pressure
square inch VIII be generated by twenty -four
sUaight water tube boilers, placed for safety, in
case OF collision of injury in action in groups OF