Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-10-01

LAUNCHED

N
try tho bBtfluahip Connecticut siid
down thc ways and took hor maiden
plunge Boa Che deep ut lisi6 a. m this
morning The launching tons place
at thc Hrooklyu navy yard. wberD The
vessel is being built a half hour bo
fore .hC ovout tho eatcs of fhc yard
were thrown open and thc public
svarmod lu by the thousands % was
thc FIRST launching of a modern bat.
ucsh.p ln This vicinity and ~ a con.
sequence thc public was exceedingly /
eager to witness the event
A. the hugo hulk slid from the
ways into the East river the chrlston
ine ceremony was performed hv Miss /
Alice Wol'os granddaughter of o. /
foon WGi.oa of Connecticut who was |
secretary of thc navy under Lincoln I
and johnson Miss Woliea broke on |
the yossels bow o. goliuccked bottle /
nf champagne draped with ihe ma /
Uonal colors
The launching WIS witnessed hy .
many invited guests who were ro
reiyod hy Admiral Rodgers. comman |
Iaui of tbc navy yaga ln addition F.
to thr Connecticut party. which was
headed hy Governor Chamberlain and .
hIs stan there were present large
number of naval officers from Ros
fon philadelphia Washington and
othcr points Groa' precautions had
been taken go insure successful
launching on me ways was spread
fifteen thousand pounds of launching
crease Ready to rrnb ere vessel al
most aa soon ag She struck tho water
were powerful tugs which woro used
I % toro her to hor mo0rings TO pre-.
I vent any accident and to keen the
course clear tho police boats rev
onuo cutters and tho yard lauuchos
nair1llc1 the water to kcop 8n other
/ h0ate ont of iho way AH the vessel
struck wator fho craft ou fhc W1n
| haitian aido of fho river. together with
/ tbo factories Iu hc vicinity. sent up
n dcafanire ehr'ely from thoir count.
/ less whistles TO th'a am was adici
/ the booming of cannon gnd ih hou'r
of che thousands o' spectators
Aror tbo launching me cEristouinr
party and other distinguished v.sIf
ora wafp entertained nf luncheon hv
/ Admiral Rodgers and tho other off.
rera of tho navy yard
Tho hatileshIp launched today Is q
sister shin 10 tho Louisiana which
wus launched n fnw weeks since at
! Newport In Wow of the Fact tho' 90
ls mo fret shin 0f me modern navy
to ho constructed hy tho navy de-
narmont and not hv private con
tract mo proeroas OF itl construction
has hoen watched with keen inter
est On naval circles
Tho Connecticut is $50 fooi long
ana has a beam ~ IG fcrf 100 inches
Her normal mean draft with 600 tons
/ of coal in hor huDkors WIN ba "a foof
|G 'nchoa Her normal displacement
win ho 10000 toms Hor complement
vIlI poo % onIcora and goo men She
viI' Le fitted with twin screws and
twelve Hahcocle Wilcox h1'r-7 do
yoluu.He 1G 500 horse power sho viii
. bHvo speed OF eIrhtoou knots
Usr mrrot arm0r win ho two'vo.
inch krupp steel and her blrh.tta or
|. NOR taHiuch kwpu. while fho side
.1WoI win ho oloFoD inches thick at
fho moro exposed portions of thu hull
aper.ug down to nine inches at the
bow ana stern.
lu armament tha Connecticut win Doe
moro powerful than amy American
IhatrIoshlp now an0af She vIll have
four Iwolycucb guns Iu fore and
after turraa and olehtluch gums In
. gums ln urrois Ut each corner of the
supeutwcuro In addition tho main
battery wIl have twelycluch guns ln
This sIfe rIfle is au innovation iu
naval armament. hut f E believed
they may ho handled almost as Cae
iiy aa the oigbtiuch gun and iF oX.
.pocfcd fo hc much more oH.sfIve Boo
Iarmor piercing than the sIy inch rap
/ I1 fire rifles Tho secondary battery
also w.Ii have larger guns than htb.
erfn h1vo heon used. It win be com.
posed of twenty threeluch mp.d.fIre
EUua iIscharRiuE foGrfeonpound
shells. twelve three FOUNDER somlau.
tomato rifles eight ono p0undor ou.
fomauc rifles two threalnch field
sums. and eight machine euns In.
addition 20 w.u Do equipped with four
. submerged torpedo tubo.
Tho yossol win ho thoroughly
.omnped with electrical appliances
f1T handling ammunition. aiming the
uns ana Tor all other necessary pur.
posses r. 's now m accepted theory
thn. .u order to Do satisfactory shoot.
. Iug there should bg continuous aim
chat H to say the Fun should he
. pointed steadily 90 inc iarr6. u0 mat
. tor how tho vcsacI moves ono
. method of doing th.a H Uy Keeping
thc weapon iu hor.zuu.1 position
all the time hy sn automatically CON
tr1lled electric motor Tta gums on
lhe Connecticut will br equipped with
such motnrs