The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-08-05
NEN BATILESHIP IDAHO
WILL COST SIX MILLIONS


There will be launched at the
Crampe' shipbuiIding yards In Phila-
delphia next fall baftieahip which
will BE- one Of the most effective III
the world. The batfIeahip Will ID
the Idaho, and belongs 10 what Ii
known 10 the Mississippi class. The
Idaho viii be a ship Of ID, 900 tons,
with o waterlina OF 375 feet, III feet
wide, and hare q coal bunker capa-
city OF 1850 tons and III knoss
speed. Her mean gross draft viii
be N feet. When completed she
will hare cost nearly 90, 600, 600.
In drawing up the plans and speed
GcatiOns for this ship the nary de-
paFtment engineers have taken "a.
vantage Of the lessons profered By
the japanese Russian war. The
Idaho viii have but one mast, which
will have three lighting tops.
To protect her from torpedo attacks
her waterline will be protected by
3 inch belt Of steel AID water tight
compartments. which, it IL figured,
will make the boat we'll nigh unsink-
able.
The main battery or her armament
Will consist Of four IL inch breech
loading rifles, eight g inch and
eight inch hreechIoading rifles. III
addition she will be supplied with
tWo 10 inch submerged torpedo tubes.
Her secondary battery will consist
Of II three inch IA FOUNDER rapid
firing guns OF SO CALLER, six 3
FOUNDER automatic guns, two one
FOUNDER rapid Gre guns and six auto
matte guns Of so caliber each. The
~ inch guns will be placed in two
electrically controlled. balanced,
eliptical iurrets. on the center line.
one on the upper deck forward and
one on the main deck aft. This ar
rangement, it Is figured, viii give
the two tnrreuts an arc OF Ere Of
about 40 degrees and ESQ degrees,
respectively. The eight ineh guns
will als0 be placed in electrically
controlled tuFrets, the seven inch
guns in broadsides, and the second
arr battery will he placed in com
manding position 60 as 10 protect
the vessel from TORPEDO boats. All
the seven Inch guns viii he so ar
ranged that their muzzies = i'll train
inside the lire Of the side armer.
thus leaving clear and unohstrucfed
side when il is desired 10 30 along
side pier or vessel.
The beat will he un TO date
Throughout. The ship will be light
ed throughout by electricity. pro-
vided With Telephones. voice pipes,
call bells, hazzers, eongs, aunancia-
tors. engine and steering telegFaphs,
revolution and FuadeF Indicators.
hReline indicators. automatic ere
alarms. warming signals and alarm
signals. All these devices viii be
electrically operated.
To make the life Of the engineer
and firemen more agreeable particular
efforts were made 10 make the yenfil-
alton Of this ship as near perfect As
possible. All main compartments
Of the ship below the gun deck. ex-
eept the coal bnnkers. are 10 be PRO
vided with forced ventilation, there
being not less than q blowers, with
a combined capacity Of not less than
Ia, 500 cubic feet per minute. AS
already stated. special attention has
been given 20 spaces subject TO habit
ually high temperatures, such as
engine rooms, Hrerooms aud dynamo
rooms. The ventilation system was
designed to cut the minimum number
OF watertight bnlkheads. All blow
ers, except forced draught blowers
are TO he electrically operated.
The Idaho will ALEC BE- supplied
With two 40 foot steam cutters. two
81 feet sailing launches, four 80 foot
cutters, three So foot whale boats,
one 80 foot sig whale beat, Two IS
foot cutters, two 30 foot diueies. ard
four life RATS In addition, provis.
ion viii te made for INC electrically
operated beat cranes.
When in commission the crew Of
The Idaho will consist Of CSC men.
nine warrant officers. nine junior
| officers, 10 ward room officers, and
the commanding oifleeE.
/ Shoald the work Ct construction
progress sc rapidly IS in the past,
there Is DO reason why The Idaho
should not 10 IN commission by
Christmas.
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