Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-29


her sister ship, the Louisiana. which was
about month ago. She is the first ship
constructed at the Brooklyn navy yard
since the Inflated battle ship Maine slid
down the ways more than dozen years
lago.
General dimensions and features Of the
vessel are as follows:
Length of load water line. ........ 450 feet
Breadth extreme. at load water line IS 1912 feet
Displacement on trial, not more than. 10000 tons
Mean draft to bottom of keel at trial
displacement. Observation-Disclosures. PAN feet
Gross draft. full load, about. ........ 26A feet
Total bunker capacity, coal, about. 1000 tons
Coal carried on trial. .............. 800 tons
Feed water carried trial. ........ sc tons
Trial speed at sea for four hours. IS knots
Having been designed for both giving
and receiving heavy blows the main
points of interest about the Connecticut lie
in her battery and system of armor pro-
lection. Following comprise the battery:
Four 12-inch rifles, eight S-inch rifles,
twelve finch rifles, twenty 3-inch rapid
fire guns, twelve 3-pounders (automatic),
eight 1-pounders (automatic), eight ma
chine guns, two 3-inch field guns, four
torpedo tubes
According to the naval expert of the
Scientific American, ut goes without
saying that this is tremendous battery.
All the guns are of the latest high We
locity, long caliber, rapid-fire type. The
12-inch gun has a muZzle velocity of
$500 foot seconds, an energy of 46,246
loot IONS ana IL Oh IRON III Tile
muzzle of 47.2 inches. The S-inch gun has
also velocity of $500 foot seconds, and
it's energy at the muZzle is $4,000 foot
tons, while it is capable of penetrating
31.4 inches of iron at the muZZle. The Z
inch gun Is so calbers in length, has
velocity of 2,900.feet per second, a muzzle
energy of 9,646 foot tons and can pene-
trate 2S.7 inches of iron at the muzzle
The excellent 3-inch gun has the high
velocity of 5000 feet per second and a
muzzle energy of S74 foot tons.%s
Complete Belt of Armor.
The hull is protected at the water line by
a complete belt of armor feet inches
wide, having a maximum thickness of II
inches for about 200 feet amidships. For
ward and aft of this the maximum thick
ness is inches within the limits of maya
zines. from which points the thickness is
gradually decreased to inches at the stem
and stern.
The lower casemate armor extends to the
limits of the magazine spaces and reaches
from the top of the water-line belt to the
lower edge of the finch gun ports on the
main deck, and is inches in thickness, the
athwartship bulkheads at the ends of this
casemate also being = inches thick.
The casemate armor around the finch
guns on the gun deck is inches thick, and
the splinter bulkheads are from ~ to
inches thick. The protection of 3-inch guns
is nickel steel inches thick.
The upper casemate athwartship armor
extending from the shell plating to the p
irch barbettes is to be inches thick
throughout.
The 12-inch barbettes extend from the
pl otective deck to about 4 feet above the
main deck, and consist of 10 inches of ar
NOR in front and ~ inches in the rear
above the gun deck. Between the gun deck
and protective deck there will be a uniform
thickness of inches. The barbettes will
not have any special framing, the connec-
ton of the armOr to the decks being Suffi-
cient.
The Pinch turrets will have front plate
II inches thick, rear plates inches thick
and top Plates 2k inches thick.
The S-inch barbettes will be inches thick
in front and inches thick in rear, with the
upper tube 324 inches thick and the lower
tube inches thick.
The s-tnch turret front plate will be 6A
inches thick, the rear plate inches and
the top plates inches thick.
Coming Tower Amply Protected.
The coming tower and shield will each
be 0 inches thick and the signal tower
inches thick. An armor tube 80 inches in
diameter will extend from the base of the
coming tower to the protective deck and
will be inches thick throughout
Teak backing of minimum thickness of
8 inches will be fitted behind all Sides
athwartship and 12-inch turret armor; 2
inches of backing to be fitted behind the s.
inch turret armor; other armor will be
fitted without backing.
There is a complete protective deck ex-
tending from stem to stern, the deck being
fiat amidships, but sloped at the sides
throughout and sloped at each end 1t will
be built up of 20-pound plating throughout,
with nickel steel of 40 pounds on the fiat
and of 100 pounds on the Slopes.
The magazines and she'll rooms are so ar
ranged that about one-half the total supply
of ammunition will be carried at each end
OF the ship.
The engines will be of the vertical twin
screw, four-cylinder. triple-expansion type,
of a combined 1. H. P. of 1880. The steam
pressure will be $50 pounds. The stroke
will be feet. The ratio of high-pressure to
low pressure cylinder will be at least l to T.
and the Gameters will be sufficient for the
required l. H. P. at about 120 revolutions
per minute Each engine will be located in
separre water-tight compartment
There will be twelve boilers of the Bah
cock and Wilcox type placed in six water
tight compartments. They will have at
least 1,1O square feet of crate and 1880
square feet of heating surface and must
be able to furnish steam for the main en-
gines and all the necessary auxiliary ma
chinery and other steam machinery through
out the ship with an average air pressure
in the ash pits of not more than one inch of
water.
The vessel is to be heated by steam
throughout and lighted throughout by cleo
tricity.
The Flagship Accommodations.
Inc vessel is designed as flagship,
the arrangements of quarters providing
ample accommodations for the following
complement: A flag officer, a chief of staff,
nineteen wardroom officers, ten Junior OIL
GERS, ten warrant officers and not less than
76l men. including sixty marines
There Is lower bridge both forward and
aft and a flying bridge forward, according
to the latest practice. On the flying bridge
Is fitted a screen of bronze for the trotec-
ton of the men at the wheel and there Is
also bronze chart house forward
There are steel masts forward and aft
the fcremast having an upper and lower
toI. the mainmast lower top only Masts
are arranged for wireless tclegrarhy. There
is one signal yard on each mas. also a
searchlfght platform forward and aft with
a crows nest on the foremost
A summary of the gaights to he CARRIED
Oh trial Is as folows
Tons.
Guns, mounts magazine equipments, etc. ga "a
Ammunition, two-thirds full supply. $500. 3g3 81
Steam engineering complete, with water
In boilers, cOndensers, piping, etc., and
stores, etc, not to exceed .......,,lb 400 on
reserve rresn water Tor steamng purposes. $500
Soai norman supply ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 300 90
BOATS and outnts. Observation-Disclosures. D1.27
Masts ana spars. ..................... 30.yS
chains, electric plant etc., and two.
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