The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-10

which the belt is reduced in width an,
the thickness is gradually decrease,
10 four inches at the stem and stern
Triangular athwartship armor in wax
or water line belt is seven inches uni
form thickness.
The lower casemate armOr extends Ii
the limits Of the magazine spaces anC
reaches from the top of the water lin,
belt 10 the lower edge of the seven.
inch gun ports on the main deck, an(
| is seven inches uniform thickness:
throughout the athWartship armol
bulkheads at the ends of this casenatt
being seven inces thick.
The casemate arlnor around tho
/ seventeen guns on the main deck i:
seven inches thick and the splinter
] Dulkheads are one and One-half inches
thick The protection of the three-incL
guns is nickel steel two inches thick.
The upper casemate diagonal and
athWartship armOr is TO be seven inches
thick throughout
The twelve-inch barbettes extend
/ from the main deck to about four feet
{ above the upper deck. and from the
protective deck to about four feet above
the main deck forward aud aft, re-
/ spectiVely. and consist Of ten inches of
armor in front and sides and seven
! and one-half inches in the rear
Between the main and protective
! decks forward there viii be a uniform
thickness of six inches
The baTbettes will not have any spe-
. ctdt framing, the connections of the
armor TO the decks being sufficie..s
The tWelVe-inch turrets will have q
front plate twelve inches thick rear
and side plates eight inches thick. and
top plates two and one-half inches
thick
The eight-inch barbettes will be six
inches thick in 'front.' and sides and
four inches thick in the rear. with the
upper tube three and three-quarters
inches thick and the lower tube three
inches thick.
The eight-inch turret front plate viii
be six and one-half inches thick and
the rear and side plates six inches
and the top plates two inches thick.
The coming tower ami shield will
each be nine inches thick. An armor
tube thirty-siX inches in diameter will
extend from the base Of the connins
tower to the protective deck, and will
be six inches thick throughout
The torpedo-directing stations will
have two and one-half inches of armor
throughout
Teak backing, OF a minimum thick
ness of three inches. viii be fitted be-
hind all side armOr tWelve-mch turret
aTmor. and diagonal and athwartship
casemate armOr on main deck aft; two
inches of backing to be fitted behind
the eight~inch turret aTmOr; other az
NOR will be fitted without backing.
Protective Deck.
There is a complete protective deck
extending 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 vi twenty
pound plating throughout, with nickel
steel of forty pounds on the fiat and
Of 100 pounds on the slopes
Ammunition.
The magazines and shell rooms are
so arranged that about one-half The
total supply Of ammunition win be car
ried at each end of the ship.
Magazine bulkheads adjacent &C.
heated compartments. such as fire
rooms, engine rooms and dynamo
rooms, are arranged with air spaces.
PropeIIing Machinery.
The engines viii be Of the vertical
twin-screW. three-cy1inder. tripIe-eX-
pansiOn type. of a combined I. II. p. of
10,O 600. The steam pressure will be $50
pounds at engines. The stroke viii be
four feet. The ratio Of high pressure
to low pressure cylinder VIII be at least
/ TO 7.32, and the diameters will be SUI
fcient for the required |. Ii. Z. at about
120 revolutions per minute. The screws
VIII turn OutbOaTd from the top Each
engine VIII be located iR a separate
Water-tight compartment They viii
be provided with all the necessarvsaux
iliaries and accessories in accordance
with the latest practice of the bureau
of steam engineering.
Tb .e viii be eight Water-tube boil
ers, placed in four Water-tieht conpart-
ments as shown They viii have MOI
less than 32.640 square feet OF water
heating surface. The working pressure
viii be go pounds The length of CRATES
viii be about seven feet. The steamug
capacity viii be such that al steam
on board can be run at fuli
power with an average air pressure in
the fire rooms of not more than one
inch of water
All the necessary auXiliaries and ac-
cessories viii be provided for the eff
Gent working OF the boilers.
There viii be two tunnels, each 100
feet high above the base line Forty
tons of fresh water will be carried on
trial in the double bottom or ia reserve
tanks for use of the water-tube boilers
Auxiliary Steam Machinery.
The following auxiliary steam mu-
chincry of approved make and design
In addition TO that pertaining TO the
main engines and dependencies. is TO
be supplied by the contractor and in-
stalled complete with all piping ana
1ttingS Steering engine, MINDLESS en-
CINE ash hoist engines for each fire
room. forced draft blowers, dense ali
ce plant with a cooling effect Of three
tons Of ice per twenty-four hours
eVaporating plant. 10 consist of not less
han four units, having total capacity