The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-13
ADDITIONS TO THE NAVY.
Three Torpedo Boat DeEtroyers to
BE Launched Thursday.

BE Launched Thursday.
BALTIMORE, Aug. ia notable
launching IS to take place on Thursday
at the marine department Of the Mary
land steel Company, SparrOws Point
Three torpedo boat dcstroyers. the largest
and the heaviest and the most heavily
armed now under construction for the
United States Government. are 90 leave
the WAYS and enter the element which is
20 be- their home. The occasion will be
brilliant event in the history Of the estab-
lishmeut. Special cars viii come from
Washington. Philadelphia. and New York.
bringing officers of the navy and other
invited guests. as well as the fair spon-
sors for the craft The launching is to
take place at > p. m.
These vessels. which are officially
known as Nos "A, Is. and Is, Will be
Tamed. respectively. TruXtun. Whlpple,
and WOrden. after the noted naval Off
GERS Of those names. They are all alike.
Each is 20 feet inches Ioug over all and
2s feet on the trial load line. They are
I Of q feet 3 inches nodded beam at the
deck and . feet 8 inches at the water
line. The depth amidships is u feet 8
inches, and the specified trial displace-
ment is about 433 tons with draft Of 8
| feet
The greater portion Of these boats is
! taken up by the machinery and coal
/ bunkerS. the machinery being of nccessi-
/ ty extremely powerful. in order to give
/ the vessels the great speed which the
I contract calls for, and the bunkers have
to carry big coal supply The vessels
are 90 travel at the rate Of ~ knots an
hour, and they have power = times as
/ great as that Of the average bay steamer
They are propelled by two screws and
+ two tripIe-expansion engines, which viii
! develop $500 indicated horsepower. These
1 engines have one high-pressure cylinder
( Of 3 inches diameter I intermediate cy-
{ Under OF y inches diameter, and low
/ pressure cylinders 81 inches in diane
ter. all with p inches stroke They will
make at full power about $40 revolutions
4 q minute, working with a steam pressure
! Of 30 pounds.
! The steam pressure is something re-
: markabIe. being 20 pounds 10 the inch
greater than that OF the most pOWer-ul
I locomotives. The engines are as perfec--
+ y balanced as possible 70 avoid Vibration
. and each Is IN Its own euKlue-TOOfnr To-
. gether with its own auxiliary machinery
] These are situated about the middle OF
/ the vessel and forward and aft are the
/ 1 ThOrnycroft water-tube boilers, al
: each end in a separate compartment
{ These boilers have total CRATE surface
+ Of 3I5 square feet. and heating surface
. Of l. 75S square feet. They are worked
t under forced draft. there being two large
i blowers in each hreroom- Each vessel
I carries 165 tons OF coal against -" tons
1 on the next largest Of the destroyer class
I Forward OF the machinery ana DolleI
I space are the gallery, quarters for the
+ Seamen, various stOrerOonnE and com
partment for the steam windlass- Aft OF
. the machinery space are quarters foT the
machinistS and petty officers and ait OF
this again are the officers quarters and
The wardroom. A noticeable feature OF
these craft viii be the almost entire ab-
. senCe Of wood. metal. asbestos. or other
materials being substituted nearly every
. where.
on deck there will he two coming tow
eTS, one forward and one aft pom each
+ deck will be mounted a 3-inch rapid-flre
gun The forward part Of the boat VIII
{ be covered by a turtlebac< deck extending
TO the coming tower Immediately aft OF
Z this Is an enclosed space for a short dis
tance. affOrding protection in bad wealth
. IT, and forming also the forward bridge
Of the vessel. Between the coming tow
. ers are the four smOkestacks- and IN Vari-
Gus places are SIX 6-poundcr rapld-Ilre
guns and the two torpedo tubes The
vessels are not arrnored In any way, and
the heaviest plates used IN their cOnStruc-
. ton excepting the coming towers are
. hut fve-sixteenthS OF an inch in thick
! ness. The only projections above the
decks are the coming towers. the smoke
- - rIs- t-5Fc house
I Pie dcstr0yers are HluTninags-,I- %. eIzc-
! electric SearChlightS. steam and hand
] steering gear and as before stated. steam
. windlasses- The quarters are Of good
4 SIZE lilc officers StaterOOmS being larger
I than those on an ordinary passenger
Z boat. Tn wardrOOm Is 2 by i feet which
gives ample space FOR dining Both the
I officers and the crew are provided with
I bathrooms equipped with shower and
. other baths
Miss Isabella TrUXtun. Of Norfolk. is 20
act as sponsor for the TruNtuu. She Is a
q nF
Z after whom the boat is named Mrs Emf
lie =. y WOrdeu. Of New York. who is
related by marriage TO Admiral Worden,
Z Will be sponsor for the vessel which IS
/ TO bear his name The sponsor for the
I Whipple VIII be Miss Elsie Pope, Of ST.
/ Paul. Mimi
/ These torpedo boat destroyers-as their
I names iu5lcate-are built for the purpose
Of destroying the smaller torpedo boats
of an enemy which seek 10 blow up bat
tleShipS and cruisers They are. there
fore. given great speed and are furnish
ed. in addition 10 torpedo tubes with ef-
ticieur batteries Of rauid-ilre guns.