New-York tribune., 1903-03-08
CHATTANOOGA AFLOAT.
MANY GUESTS At LAUNCH
Daughter of Tennessee Names
Cruiser after Her City.

Just thtrty-t minutes after : p, m, yestSr-
day the United States protected cruiser Chat
tsnooEs sid gracefully from her ways in the
shipyard of the Crescent shipbuilding Company
at Efixabs4hport n. j AS the ship became
Iraterborne q seriea Of heSvy hsmpen cables.
each capable of bearing & weight OF twenty
tons parted with reports as loud as revolver
shots These had been anchored In the earth
on each side Of the ways. and made fast to
heavy chain cable supported from the deck OF
fba shin and extending across her bow and
along her sides sround the stern. This device
the successful use of which gradually reduced
the motion Of the snip after she had entered
rhe water and finally stopped her short OF the
mud bank just across the narrow channel
somewhat startled the guests on the launching
stage.
The ship was named by Miss Lillian Nelson
Cbsubliss the tTeIve-year-old daughter OF
Alexander w ChsmbIiss, Mayor Of Chatta-
rooga- Miss Francis Lippitt Bond ana nlss
Feits Faxon, Of Chattanooga, were the maids
of honor. and Master Carter Lupton. OF the
same city. served page. On one side OF TINS
little PARTY stood Governor J. B. Frazer OF
Tennessee and on the other Mayor CharnoIss
Of Chattanooga while Lewis Nixon president
Of the United States shipbuilding Company
stood Immediately behind the fair sponsor to tell
her oF the instant for action. He had previously
carefully instructed her how and where to strike
the bow with the gold enmeshed bottle OF
MIuu1 Champagne. AS ths great hull began 10
move Miss Chambliss said In clear and ringing
tones:
Il name thee. good ship, Chattanooga in honor
Of Tennessee"
The launch was one OF the most successful
and admirable in the annals Of shipbuIding at
Eliza bethpoEt, and was highly praised by the
naval ofrIcers and seafaring men who saw II.
The Chattsnoogz party came here two days
ago. ana consisted Of twenty persons. among
WON in addition to those already named, were
IN. wives Of Governor Fraser and Mayor Cham
bliss Senator Csrm&ck and Mrs CarTnack' Con-
gresham John Moon, Mrs. Henry Bond ana
Miss Mary Bond, T J. Lupton, Mrs. Lupton and
Miss Temple, of Knoxville, Tenn; Charles A.
Iyeriy. president Of the City Council; 7. ]. Gil
lespie. city Treasurer; Aldermen c, B. Russell
G r. IIch and Victor De Georges; Major
John Knight, in charge Of the government
improvements IN the Tennessee River, and Gen
eral H. v. Boyntons OF the Chattauooge-Cnlca-
-nauEs National Park Commission.
Among the guests from the city were Justices
Morgan J, O'Brien and Henry Bischon, Con-
Eressmsn Eristow, Lessler, sulzer, Goldfogle
and stoner: Bridge Commissioner Linoenthal
County Clerk Hamilton, Fire Commissioner
eturEis Otto Kempner. John D, Crtrnr1ins ana
Miss Criu1nnins, Miss Collamore, Charles B.
Alexander, F. L. Du Bosq, Franklin c. Hoyt'
A. Crawford Chenowich. C. r. Moore and Mrs.
Moore Charles s. Bryan and Mrs Bryan. De
rr-ess Crstten Mrs. Crftten and the Misses
czftten- HdrE. NfEons a. Cary eE7stA TIE ysefft
designer Miss F~syette Ruiz and Patrick Calr
huun. and the cozsuls general Of Great Britain
Germany France, Russia and Italy.
The navy was. represented by Commander
Charles A Adams. Captains P. T. Harrington
snd = A. b Smith, Lieutenant Commanders
William P White and Burgdorf, Lieutenant
Albert Moritz, Past Assistant Engineer Day
and Naval Constructors w. L. Capps' j. j.
woodward, Stuart Farrar Smith and Williams
ard the army by Colonies 7. A. Baldwin and
Alexander Gordon, and Captain Hutchinson
Among other guests were Lyman J. Gage
Professor c. II. Peabody, of the Massachusetts,
Institute of Technology; Captain Manuel Azueta
.an6 STAG Of the Mexican navy; Senator John
r Dryden and Representative Charles N
Fowler, 81 New-Jersey, and Mayor P. J. Ryan
Of Elizabeth.
The Chattanooga party, navy, arnlJ, foreign
and local guests, were conveyed to the ship
yard on the steamboat Nassau which left Pier
North River at noon, and reached Elizabeth
port about o'clock. During the half hours wait
for tie Launching the seven hundred guests
and the thousands In and about the yard were
entsrtaiDed by the singing OF Dixie" and
siEuwabse River by of the young women Of
the Tennessee party.
After the launch the party had luncheon in the
Isrse soft over the onices Of the shipbuilding
poese and responded to by the guests. Soon
sfsST 4 o'clock they re-enbarked on the steamer
ard returned TO this city.
One Of the interesting features Of the launch
wae a salute with the gun the Police De-
Yar1mert Boat Patrol. Commissioner Greene
had invited Deputy Commissioner Ebstein,
Commissioner woodbury.. OF the Street Clean
ing Department: Fire Commissioner sturgis,
Dr. Lederie. Health Commissioner. and AS
sIstant District Attorney Morgan to take part
n the excursion Luncheon was served on the
Patrol and stops made at stapleton,
Staten Island. on the way down, and at West
Brighton on the return trip. Commissioner
Greene landed st the Ehipyard after the launch.
The Chattanooga has q length Of 30sn feet
over ali; load water line. 292 feet; extreme
beau A. feet; 6rzught, Is feet inches; has dis
placement OF $500 tons. and is expected TO de-
vsIop a speed Of 1874 knots an hour. She is
eteeI sheathed, protected cruiser. with g keel
og East India teakwood. stern2osts propeller,
struts and r1ddes Of manganese bronze. She
has a cellular double bottom subdivided into
twenty-five watertight compartments. There
are ten transverse watertight bulkheads to
above the waterline. and four steel decks The
protective deck over the engines and boilers is
reinforced with 2-inch nickel steel plates on
slope Of 30 degrees and extending below the
Naferlne a distance Of three feet A deep cot-
ferdan filled with corn pith cellulose is built
around the entire ship in the region OF the
waterine. FIreproof wood has been used wher-
ever possible. and the vessel is equipped with
long arm watertight doors, operated from
central station.
The engines are Of the vertical inverted cyiin-
der direct acting triple expansion type, with lS-
inch l29-inch and 85-inch cylinders, g 3O-tnch
stroke, and indicated horsepower OF 4,0OO: