Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-08-24
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and secre,a-, Nn,dv
rho pennsvIvaria ia regarded N,
naval eynerfs &C a marvel in The ar,
nr marine orcbitactnre She is classeu
.g a 6rst-cIass armorad cruiser She
has been HEened tn hattie shin. DOS
sessiora-a nrotocrion of armor only
. Iitt}a unaar The weight, of that de
sio,,od fo, tho hugo chin. of the Geor-
aia class while she is superior TO all
b,ttlesbins in mint of snee1 The
t,o,,rs,-I,Ia,,i, IL, IN daveInn a snae,
of % KNOBS which is fraction of a
lnot more ih,n The hest performance
,f tho fast-ayius Rrool,lyn
The new cruiser will have an unus-
uaIly uo,yerful battery. made up of
oreat numLer of six and eight-iucL
orns She is designad with the idea
of nroducing a shin of great speed.
aouinned with battery of a kind thai
did such execution at Manila and al
Santiaao. thar is of guns of medium
size caIibre.
The PENNSYLVANIA will prove one OF
tbe most comfortable ships Oh the
navy for living places. the depart
roent,s mans for her construction call
inc for a number of improvements re
yardire, the ventiIating. heating ano
cooling apparatus. Electricity has
toor installed as a notiye mower in
Mace of steam in a number of the
nar,s of the shin. especially in the
9 ,enfnp quarters which will have the
effect of making the vessel much cool
er in the summer than are most war
ebins
nm. PENNSYLVANIA started on its
ca,se. under the name of the Nebras-
l,a the appeilation PENNSYLVANIA hay
inc frat been bestowed on a battle
chin now under construction at Seat
flo wash The department was per
shaded TO swan the names of the two
vessels. the Washington people de
string The name OF some western state
far the shin building at Seattle, while
the PENNSYLVANIA peopel wanted then
own state honored by having he
Cr,mps' vessel christened the Penn
s,Ivania
The PENNSYLVANIA has length on
the load wafer line OF 5U2 feet and her
extreme breadth at load water line is
about 70 feet Her mean draft is
about "a feet 8 inches, but when she
is loaded to her fun capacity and her
bunkers are all filed with coal, she
draws 2C feet inches OF water. The
total coal bunker capacity is 2,005
t,,,, Tho vaeeaI will he DrOpelled by