The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-17

In addition 10 that, there are the two
gunboats Castine and Machias and the
harbor defense ram Katahdin. Maryland
he's not been far behind in securing recos-
milton. One of the new armored cruisers
has been given the name of that state.
The Baltimore is the name of one of
Dewey's most reliable ships at the Ma
Mia fight. The gunboat Annapolis can
also be charged TO this state. Massachu-
sets is another of the fortunate states in
naval names. Besides the battleship Mas
sechusetts, there Is the cruiser Boston
(also of Deweys squadron; the protect
ed cruiser Marblehead and the gunboats
Concord and Gloucester. Michigan is the
name of an Old side-Wheeler, the only one
of that type on the navy list to-day. and
one which has the distinction of being the
first iron ship ever built for the navy. In
the cruiser class Michigan has one repre-
sentative, the Detroit. Minnesota is the
name of an old wooden frigate now used
by the naval militia Of Massachusetts.
Some consolation for this can be gained
by students of that state by rejecting
that the fastest American cruiser yet
built is named Minneapolis. Mississippi
thus far has secured but one small gun
boat, the Vicksburg, as her representa-
tive.
Missouri has one frst-class battleship,
the Missouri, and which is now well ad-
vanced in construction at Newport News.
There lisa st. Louis on the navy list,
small wooden sailingship used as a float
ing armory by the naval militia at Phila-
| delphia. The name St. Louis has, how
ever, been recently given to one of the
new 9,700-ton protected cruisers, the con-
tract for which will soon be awarded.
Montana has a representative, named for
her principal city, in the gunboat Helena.
Nebraska has been applied to one of the
new 12,000-tou armored cruisers, and in
addition to that there is on the list the
Old wooden steamer Omaha, used by the
Marine Hospital service.
Nevada will be the name of the new
monitor which Connecticut people did not
! think was large enough to represent their
state. New Hampshire has no representa-
tive in the new navy, for the reason that
there yet remains on the list two vessels
of the old wooden navy. the New Hamp-
shire, used by the naval militia, at New
York, and the Portsmouth, used by the
New Jersey naval militia. New Jersey
is well represented by having new bat
tleship named for her, and in addition to
that there is the second-rate protected
cruiser Newark and the gunboat Prince
ton.
New York has a large representation.
The first armored cruiser constructed was
christened the New York, in honor OF the
city and not of the state. The second
amored cruiser was named the Brooklyn.
Then there are the cruisers Albany and
Buffalo, both purchased from the Brazil
ian government before the Spanish war.
The Saratoga, still on the list, is a sail
ing ship used as a nautical school by Phil
adelpha. North Carolina at present must
be content with having a cruiser, the
Raleigh, participator in the Manila fight,
named for her capital city North Dako-
ia is not represented. Ohio has IL 500
ton batteship named in her honor, which
will soon be ready for launching at San
Francisco. The cruiser Cincinnati and
the gunboat Marietta represent those Ohio
cities, and one of the new 3,l00- ton cruis-
ers has been designated the Cleveland.
Oregon has only one representative, but
the fame of the battleship Oregon is so
widespread that the state may well be
proud of its namesake
Pennsylvania whose mines, steel mills
and shipyards have contributed more than
those of any other state to the reconstruc-
tion of the navy, has NOT been overlooked
in the distribution of names. One of the
new 135OO-ton batt,eships will be chris
tened the Pennsylvania and the first of
the fast cruisers completed for the new
navy was the Philadelphia. OF the very
few vessels of the old wooden navy now
in commission, the Lancaster is probably
the most serviceable. The name Leba-
non is applied to one of the golfers now
owned by the navy.
Rhode Island has succeeded in having
very large battleship named for her, and
also gunboat named the Newport. South
| Carolina has one representative afloat,
the crack cruiser Columbia, named for
her capital city. The old Charlestons loss
on the reefs near Manila is of recent oc-
currence, but the navy department has