The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-13
WARSHlp KANSAS LAUNCHED
MISS ANNA HOCH CHRfSTENS
HER WITH SPRING WATER.

| " - - SeAN~ " 90 AH''
Governor Of tho State Henored There
| with All His Generals and Colonies
Vessel the Biggest That Ever went
| From tho ways Into the Delaware.
PHILADELPHIA Aug. i2.-The United
States battleship Kansas was launched
at 1910 O'Clock to-day In the yards Of the
New York shipbulding Company In South
Camden. Miss Anna Hooh, the daughter
Of Edward W. Hoch Of Topeka, Governor
OF Kansas, acted a. sponsor. An old
school chum. Miss Ora Allen, assisted her
as maid OF honor. Assembled to SEQ
the vessel leave the ways was disting uished
company.
| The Kansas was christsned With spring
water instead OF the customary champagne.
Gov. Hoch OF Kansas brought tho water
himself all the way from John Brown
Springs in Kansas.
The Governors party. including his wife
and daughter. numbered about thirty.
They arrived here yesterday morning over
the Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia and Reading
route. Besides those who assisted In the
christening, there wore . few personal
friends Of the Governors In the party
and several companions Of Miss Hoch's.
Besides the Westerners, naval officers
from Washington were present. The naval
officers stationed here. As we'll as men Of
prominence in all walks Of life, attended
the launching.
Miss Hoch was not bit nervous. She
Is a typical Western girl, fearless, frank,
unassuIning, realizing the honor given her
Both Miss Hoch and Mise Ora Allen. her
maid Of honor. we're dressed In white. They
are both students and room mates In Baker
University. Baldwin. Kan. Miss Hoch wore
dress Of white crispine. hand embroid-
cred, simple but rich, with . white hat
trimmed with white ostrich plumes to
match.
The members Of Gov. Hoch's star, Gen.
erals and Colonels OF the Kansas National
Guard, were In full dress uniform Most
OF tho other men and women had pinned
In q conspicuous place q sunhower tho
emblem Of their State.
1t was indeed Kansas day In Camden:
the shipyard. enlivening the occasion as
well as serving to express cordial vel.
como to the visitors. Tho shipyard' OF
The Kansas is ship Of which the people.
OF the State may well be proud: She Is Of
type representing the very heaviest OF
Uncle Sans ships Of war. The displace-
| InSut VI tLc hdIlcuS, lO,oOO pouS' VIA IihAho
word fact, a floating fortress OF great
formidablity While hulls Of other ships
that OF the Washington, for. instance
have weighed more when they went
of being the biggest battleship ever launched
When she left the ways she weighed
In the neighborhood Of 1000 tons, while
the hull of the Washington was heavier We
placement Of the cruiser Is u 500 tons.
while the trial displacement Of the Kansas
is 49, 900 tons.
Following the launching, luncheon was
served to the invited guests u the omces
Of the company: Congratulations were IN
were made.
Later in the afternoon Gov. Hooh and
the members Of his party went down to
Atlantic City, where they will remain over
The keel plates Of the Kansas were laid
| on Feb. 10, 1904. She IL known as Q $50
foot battleship, and her contract calls for
a maintenance OF IS knots speed for four
Main battery-Four i2-inch, eight s-inoh
and twelve finch breech-loading rifles.
Secondary battery-Twenty 3-inch (or a.
pouider) rapid fire guns, 20 calibre N length;
twelve 2-pounder semi-automAtic guns,
six 1-pounder automatics, two i;pounder
semi-automatics, two 3-inoh field pieces,
two machine guns Of 80 calbre and SIX
automatic guns Of .3O-calibre.
For her protection the Kansas will have
a complete main belt armor. feet inches
wide on the water line. having uniform
thickness of o inches throughout the maya
zine and machinery spaces, tapering to
inches at the ends. Seven-inch easement
armor will protect her between the main
| belt and main deck
Designed for flagship, accommodation
has been provided for flag officer, com
handing officer, chief Of ,staf. nineteen
ten warrant officers and Sl3 men, hclud-
| ing marines.
The Kansas, which Is OF the style known
to naval officers as improved Connecticut
| is veritable floating fort, displacing 5000
tons and Il she lives up to the spee df.s.
'' The keel Was laid down at Camden in
1908 at the same time work was started on
| the Minnesota at Newport News and the
| Vermont at Weymouth, Mass. She IL a
steel twin screw. fighting machine, $50
| feet inches over al and $50 feet on the water
weighs about 1000 tons. is . inches thick
and tapers to inches at the bow. Her
guns are four IL inch, eight 8 inch, twelve
| inch and forty-eight OF smaller bore.
| She will carry her armament, when 1t is
installed, in six elliptical turrets fore and
aft. She is also fitted with submerged
| torpedo tubes.
Her engines are vertical, triple expansion,
four cylindered. and the estimated horse
| power they can produce Is 10 500.
The central battery Is located on the main
deck. The Kansas has three tunnels fore
and aft, two military masts and two main
| and four secondary turrets. Her gross
| draft is 20 feet Q inches.
STOLE OLD MANS LOVED COINS.