Evening star., 1903-07-27
WARSHIP'S GREAT RUN
KEARSARGE ABOUT NINE DAYS
CROSSING ATLANTIC,
Regarded as a Great Performance for
a Ship Of That
Glass,

A dispatch from Bar Harbor. Maine yes
terday says: The United States battleship
Kearsarge arrived at Bar Harbor at 5:42
p. m. and dropped anchor in the upper har-
Dor at 6:13 All day the shDre path had
been thronged with people anxiously watch
ing the eastern horizon for the first glimpse
Of the famous ship, but it was not until )
o'clock that her immense hull appeared out
Of the mist in the east
Coming at full speed the ship entered the
harbor and passed the other ships of the
squadron at anchor. then proceeding to the
upper harbor, where the battleship Illinois
with Admiral Barker on board, was an
chored.
After the usual f0rmalities the representa-
tive OF the Associated Press was received
on board and was the first to greet Capt
Hemphill. who expressed surprise that their
ship should be OF interest to others outside
of the Navy Department.
He said: We left the Needles at :2i
p. m. on Friday, July II, and sighted Noun,
Desert Rock at 1910 today covering the
distance of 2.3OO miles in nine days four
and one-quarter hours, an average speed of
Il. 16 miles an hour.
The highest speed attained was a little
over fifteen knots an hour and the slowest
was ten. Three times during the trip the
ship WAS slowed down; once on account of
being in the vicinity of an iceberg. and
twice on account of a very thick fog Head
winds and thick weather retarded the speed
of the ship, and under favora bic conditions
she would have covered the distance in less
than nine days.
Ready for Another Trip.
Capt Hemphill says that he could
start a return trip at once, and
beat the record made on this voyage Since
the Kearsarge left New York, fifty-three
days ago, She has visited Germany Den
mark and England. has steamed $500 miles.
has been at sea twenty-four days in port
twenty-nine days, and during all this time
there has not been single accident to the
machinery. not break or a stop of any
kind. She is ready for anything
When she left Portsmouth she carried
1.G4O tons OF coal. She now has on board
410 tons consuming 1880 tons on the voy-
age. an average of la5 tons daily AS her
coai-carrying capacity is but 1851 tons
some coal was taken on deck
The trip Of the kearsarge has demon
strated that a ship of her class can main
tain an average speed of over thirteen
knots on long voyage without injury to
her machinery: that her coal carrying-ca-
pacity is adequate for a trip OF 1000 miles
under fun speed; that in time of war ships
of her class can cross the ocean and engage
an enemy at once; that the kcarsaTge is
one of the most perfect ships in the world
and fully equal to any emergency.
Capt. Hemphill and his officers are very
enthusiastic over the way they have been
entertained while in foreign waters. Ev-
erywhere the stars and stripes was cheered
as the kearsarge moved In and out of port
A big crowd watched her departure from
Portsmouth as she started on the VOYAGE
that has ended SO successfully Capt
Hemphill will not give out the details of
daily runs. etc. until he has made his re-
port to the Navy Department.
The kearsarge will leave this port tomor-
row morning at O'Clock and proceed to
the coaling station at Lamoine, where she
will fill her bunkers preparatory to partici-