Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-23

to her construction many vessels of the
| United States navy were fitted with or
pedo tubes above the water line. The
| Ohio will have two of these tubes, one
on each side of the vessel situated abou;
nifty feet II ON the bow, and about ten feet
six inches below the water line.
The magazines and shell rooms of the
ship can stow 2i0 rounds of the l2-inch
ammunition, $500 rounds of the 6-inch,
$500 rounds of the 6-pounder, and 4,Gl
rounds Of the 1-pCunder. The forward
magazines are located Immediately for
ward of the dynamo rooms, and the after
one just abaft the engine rooms.
There are two military masts fitted with
the usual signal yards, tops and top
masts. Two tops are built to each of
these NESTS. The foremost is located in
tower the foundation of the tower form
ing the lcwr part of the mast The armOr
Of the forward coming tower is ten
inches thick, and that of the after or
signal tower is inches thick. A steel
tube II inches in diameter inside and :
inches in thickness extends from the for
ward coming tower down to the protect
ed deck, and protects the VOice-tubes and
telegraphs from the commanding officer
to the important stations in the vessel.
The ohio carries Ia boats, of which one
Is a 4O-toot steam cutter, and another 4
36-foot steam cutter of the usual navy
type. over each end Of the boat deck
two small upper bridges are located, on
which is placed a portion of the Sec
ondary battery. The boats are handled
by four cranes, all operated by steam
the engines for this purpose being located
on the working platforms of the cranes
Bulge keels to reduce rolling are fitted
to the vessel, experiments in recent years
in our own and foreign navies having
demonstrated the great efficiency of tn sst
keels In preNEting excessive rolling.
Hydraulic geer is used in steering the
vessel. The normal coal supply is 1905
tons, ana the capacity OF the bunkers is
1900 tons. As in other ships of this type,
the ARRANGEMENT of the hllnkpFS IL
as to Afford considerable incidental pro-
lection To the machinery.
The Ohio and her class are the first
battlsships of the United States navy in
which water tube boilers were provided.
There are three smoke pipes. The two
propelling engines are rights and lefts in
separate water-tight compartments, ana
are of the vertical inverted-cylinder, di-
rect-acting, triple-eXpansion type, having
four cylinders. The dameters of the
cylinders are as follows: 35.5 inches H. p
81 inches l; f., and 6i inches for two low
pressures by as inches stroke The coll
lective |. ii. p. of the main engines with
their air and circulating Is about Is 800
when The vessel is making speed of Is
knots. 1t should be stated here that the
Ohio ranks next to the Georgia class OF
battleships In our navy in regard 10
speed. The Georgia and class, which
will have the greatest speed of any bat
designed to make 10 knots.
A refTiGeratlng room on the berth deck
forward furnishes cold storage, and The
ship Is supplied with an Ice machine OF
the dense air type that can produce the
cooling ERECT OF two tons OF ice per day.
The construction of the Ohio and her
class was authorized by congress on May
1. 1898, when the Spanish war demon
strated the wisdom OF much greater IN
crease OF the navy. The keel was laid On
April %, 1899, and the contract price OF
nun ana machinery Is S2,S99. 900.
Ter complement Is 30 officers and 5li