The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-27


the motors used for this purpose can re-
volve one of the great Uurrets drought
$50 degrees in one minute The armoT OF
both the turrets and barbettes - twelve
inches thick
Ten of the 6-inch guns are within the
C2semate. as before stated, two others
are on the berth forward in 6-inch ar
nnored Sponsors and four are on the up
per deck. Those IN the sponsors forward
and two on the upper deck can fire dj-
rectly ahead and the other two on the up-
per deck directly asteTu, in addition 10
having "a brOadside FIRE
The secondary battery consists o. six -
inch rapid-fire guns, eight 6-pounder rap
ii IRE. six I-pounder rapid IRE. two Colts
ana two 3-inch rapid-fre field guns
\ new feature introduced in the often
siye power of this ship Is the submerged
torpedo tube While submerged torpedo
tubes are not new abroad German war
ships having been equipped with them Tot
q number of years, the Maine ana he'
class are the first battleships Of our nay
to be supplied with them. though prior
70 her construction many vessels OF Ihe
United States Navy were fitted with tor
pado tubes above the water line
The Maine viii have two Of these tubes
one IN each side Of the vessel, situated
about So feet from the bow and about l7
feet 8 inches below the water hhe-
The MAGAZINES and shell rooms OF the
shin can stow 240 rounds OF Finch am
rnunition. &.2o0 rounds Of 5-iuch ammunI-
ton G.G3t rouads Of G-poauders. and iEE
rounds of I-poundeTs- The forward mag
azfues are located Immediately forward
OF the Dynamo rooms and the after ones
lust abaft the engine rooms
There are two military masts fitted with
=
7Ta>ts: two tops are built to each Of these
I7ssss The foremost is located in the
usual way over the forward coming tow
sr- the foundation of the tower forming
tho lower part OF the mast The aruor
Of the toward coming tower IS 10 inches
thick and that of the after OF signal tJT-
~ Is inches thick 4 steel tIbe l.
i.ches IN diameter inside and : inches IN
thickness extends from the forward con
niuS tower down TO the protective deck
and DTottcts the voice tubes and tele-
prar77ers from the commanding officer to
the important stations in the vessel
The Maine carries fourteen boats, 81
winch one Is q 49-foot steam c-.tteT anu
a,tctt,er 56-foot steam cutter OF the uSua'
navy type. Over each end OF TIE hoal
deck two small upper bridges axe located
on which i placed a portion Of the sec
by four cranes all operated by steam, the
engines fer this purpose being located on
the working platforms Of the cranes
Each crane can lift the heaviest boat
that it has to handle Al the rate Of forty
feet per minute and can also be reYolVeo
h. its hoistfnE engine at the rate OF a
revolution in one minute
Rige keeIs to reduce rolling are fitted
20 the vessel Experiments in recent
years in our own and foreign navies nave
demonstrated the great efficiency OF these
EaeIs in preventing excessive rolling me
forward biIge keels extend for length Oh
about s. feet while those aft have .
length Of abo-st - feet
Ffvdraulic gear IS used IN steering the
vessel and can put the rudder from haEa
aport TO hard astarboard IN twenty sec
or,is when the vessel is moving at fuli
sDeed The valves OF the gear are con-
yected by an electric teIemctor with the
coming tower besides the mechanical
connection with the pnot-house-
The electricity both for lighting the yes
sci and operating the turrets and HOSTS
and minor purposes is furnished by eight
thirty-two kilowatt generating sets, al
having 2 pressure Of eighty volts ar tbs
terminals
There are four dynamo rooms, one or
each side Of the vessel just forward OF tbs
boiler space. two generating sets being
placed in each dynamo room Four pow
erfuI searchIiEhts, two Of which ar
placed on the top Of the pilot-house ane
two on the naainmast above the uDpe1
bridge, VIII give warning Of the approach
of hostile vessels. and Tor night siGnailn
the ship carries two sets Of electric sig
mailing apparatus
the capacity Of the bunkeTs is 200 tons
As in other ships Of this type the ar
rangenent OF The buukers Is such as Z
afford considerable Incidental protection
TO the machinsry-
The Maine anu her class are the frs
battleships Of the United States Navy II
which water tube boilers were provided
Steam for the propeIing machinery j:
supplied by water tube boilers Of the
Thcrnevcroft type. placed il four water
tight compartments There are three
smokepipes-
The two propeIIiug engines are rights
and let's in separate v'ater-tight com
partmea1s. and are Of the vertical cyiin
der direct acting. tripIe-eNpansion type
having four cylinders. The diameterS o
the cylinders are as follows S5.5 inches
H p % inches J. P, and So inches fol
two low prCsSureS By 3 inches stroke
The collective ! H P Of the main en-
FfueS with their air and circulating
about 16 Jl5 when the vessel IS making
speed Of eighteen knots
The Maine ranks next to the GeOrEl
class oS bzItleshIpS in the Navy IN TCEar
10 speed. The Georgia and class WhlCl
viii have the greatest speed OF any bat
tIcship Yet authorized by Congress ar
designed 10 ma Ike nineteen knots
a refrigeraliEg room on the berth decl
forward on the Maine furnishes cold Stor
age and the ship Is supplied with an &c
machine Of the dense air type that ca
produce the cooling effect Of two tons o
ice per day
Only such wood material as was deene
absolutely necessary * used IN the con
struction Of the vessel and all OF this eE
Cept the aruoT backing is thoroughly tlre
Drooted.
The windIass. which is Of the most mod
ern pattern IS operated by steam and ca
raise both the bower anchors at once. J
IS housed iu an enclosure JUS forward G
the forward barheJre-
There are four engines used for hoist
ing coal and general deck purposes
The construction OF The Maine and Pc
class was authorized ny Congress on Ma
& ISIS when the Spanish war denonst-ai
Cd the wisdom Of 9 much greater iucT-as
OF rhe navy The keel vas laid on Apr
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