The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-05-24

CaSenlC'C lnuS f0rmc1 are ptaCeu
TN OF the G-inch guns Above this, on the
upper deck, four of the 6-inch guns are
placed in the vicinity of which 6-lnch
armor is worked far enough forward and
aft to afford protection to the crews or
these guns.
Protection is afforded the vitals Of the
ship below the water line by a protective
deck worked fiat within the casemate,
and with slopes fOrT ard and aft of it.
Ihe deck is worked - two thicknesses CT
plating, the total thickness On the flar
being pa inches, while that on the slopes
forward and att is respectively 3 inches
Nnd incl es. Cofferdams are built on the
protective deck from the diagonal armor
bulkneads to the bow and stern in the
vicinity of the water line, and on the
berth deck for nearly the length of the
vessel. All of these cofIerdams are filled
with corn pith cellUlose.
The main battery of the snip consists
of four Pinch braech-loading rifles,
placed in two balanced turrets, and It
G-inCh rapid firing guns.
The turretS are turned by electricity
and the motors used fol- this purpose can
reVOlNe one of these great turrets through
ace degrees lit one minute. The armor OF
both the turrots and barbetts is II inches
thick.
Ten of the 6-inch guns are within the
Casemate. as before stated, two others are
| on the berth deck forward in 6-inch ar
mored Sponsors, and four are on the up.
| per deck. Those in the sponsors forward
and two on the upper deck can fire Iii.
| renCtlv ahead and the other two on the
j upper deck directly astern, in addition JC
/ having "a broadside fire.
| The secondary battery consists of siS
| S-ince Tapid-tring guns, eight 6-poundel
| rapid-hring guns. six 1-pounder rapid
! firing guns. one colts, and two S-inch
4 rapd-Iirins field guns.
A new feature introduced in the Often
! sive power OF this ship is the submerged
! torpedo tube. While submerged torpedo
! tunes are not new abroad, German war
! ships having been equipped with them
/ for number of years, the Ohio and her
| class are the first battleships of our navy
/ to be supplied with them; though prior
/ to her construction many vessels of the
| United States navy We're 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 abouS
| nifty feet flom the bow, and about ten feet
| six inches below the water line.
! The magazines ana shell rooms of the
/ ship can stow 24I rounds of the l2-incn
! ammunition, S.2n rounds of the 6-inch,
$500 rounds Of the 6-pounder, and 4OO1
rounds OF the l-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
/ masJs. Two tops are built to each OF
these nests. the foremost is located IN
the usual way over the forward coming
| NNWtIE AIit IbHHdatlou OF the tower toTtn-
ing the lowr part Of the mast. The armoT
OF tie forward coming tower Is ten
inches thick. and that OF the after or
| ignal tower is 8 inches thick. A steel
tube Y inches in diameter inside and
Inc hes 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
10 the important stations In the vessel
The ohio carries IA boats of which one
= R-to0t steam cutter. and another a
s3-ioot steam AGttgE-of tn usual nav