The evening Republican., 1902-04-24
TOrpeds Boat Launched,

! The torpedo boat destroyer, Hop.
kins building at the yards of the
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company
for the United States Government
was launched at o'clock this after
noon. As the torpedo boat glideu
the ways and took her initial plunge
into the Christiana a bottle Of Cham
paigne was smashetlacross the bow
by. Mrs. Alice Gould Hawes, of Bos-
ton, the sponsor. There was little
ceremony as both the local company
and the Navy Department wished it
to be as quiet as possible. Mrs.
Hawes, the sponsor, is a lineal de
scendent of Commodore Esek Hop
kins in honor of whom the craft i,
named.
The construction OF the u. 8,
Torpedo Boat Destroyer Hopkins"
No. e was authorized by Congress-
10 the act approved May 4. ls98,,
and the contract for her construc.
tlou was signed with the Harlan &
HollingswArth,, 70 y. Washington,
DEL. Oetsf1s9S. she eiag2+5 feet
long. % feSd ktramcswaidtn and
6 feet 9 inches aneair drat. d1.places
468 tons.
The design in its general. fea-
lures follow the English typs of
boat But it is not close copy of
foreign plans as has been the cas
with the designs OF somc other boats
now building. She hasfour Thorny
croft water tube boilers. designed
for 500 pounds pressure exhaustiug
into tour attacks.
The engines are twin screw, YER.
tlcal inverted. four cylinder triple
expansion 20'4 by 32by .3S by So by
2-lnch stroke designed to Indicate
about 5000 horse power, which
will drive the boat to the cuarau.
teed speed Of 29 knots per hour, The
allowance OF Coal at her normal
draft OF water IS IS tons. and bunk
ers will stow l2O tons. She carries
an unusually heavy battery for
boas al her class as in addition to
two deck discharsius tubes, for 18
inch Whitehead torredoes she
mounts PIP FOUNDER and So pound
or II. i guns one on top Of each OF
the two coming towers aui the
other five on the deck between the
coming towers. The ofiic ers'
quarters aft CONSIST OF cabin aud
stateroom for the Captain. a state
room abait which is pantry and
bath room. Forward of the Cap
taln's quartere is a compartment
tor the jacky and four berlhs for
petty officers and one with stx
berths Tor machlnisis. Forward
OF these is the fireman quar- tsrs
with twelve berths.
Immediately after the launch the
guests were entertained by officia1l
OF the Harlan and Hollingsworth
Company, at lunch in mold loft.
The guests were as follows:
Mr.. and Mrs. John Edison, Miss
Edison. Mr. and Mrs. Chas B. Pear
son, Mrs. Samuel r. Gushing, Miss
Gushing, Franklin L. Smith, .Eaq.,
Mrs Alice Gould Hawes, sponsor;
Marshall Hopkins Gould, Rear Ad;
miral Francis G. IBowles Chief
Bureau Construction and Repair;
Hon l.. H. Ball, Lieutenant Cons
mander John L. Edwards, Major Of
Marines; Charles H. Laucheimer,
Rear Admiral Geo. w. Melville,
l'hief OF Bureau of Steam Engineer
ng, all of Washington.
A. g. Wilson, Stuart Janney.
Aaptain Y. B. Lewis. VIM. H. Var
ley Baltimore.
Mrs. Annie c. Gushing, Providence
X. l., Mr.. and Mrs. Moore, New
York City, Representatives from
Townsend 4 Downey Shtpbutld'n9
Co., New York, L. Ii. Connolly, New
York. ii. W. Cause, 5. X. Smith, 7.
Jackson Shaw. W. Dew Dimock, Of.
lcers of the Company, Henry Z.
scott, Capt. Peter B. Ayars, Miss
Blair, G. p. Frotningham. 1t. Luc-
an Flvm ne, Collector OF Customs
Kobe TT G. Houston, II. 6. Griswold.
Lit. X. b. Higgins, Mrs. II. G. Knc.
H!es, Hon. Anthony Higgins, Miss
Kathleen Hand. Mrs. Maui, Miss
Haul, Mrs. Ward. 1t. Charles G. Mo.
,ormick. Mrs II. p, Scott, and j. II.
! aealpine.