Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-04-10
bATTLESH|P OHIO
IS At naval DOCKS
Makes Good Run From
Frisco Though
Delayed.
FIGHTING MACHINE
CENTER OF INTEREST
CROWDS THRoNo HER YEsreR.
DAY AND INSPECT LATEST
WAR DEvicEs-HERE
A WEEK,

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The great battleship Ohio arrived Of
port at noon Saturday, seven days from
San Francisco. Just after O'Clock
Saturday evening the big fighting ma
shine moved her white bulk inside the
harbor and tied up at Naval Dock No
1. She lay OF port until the transport
Sherman got away for the coast, leav
ing the slip vacant.
I, A slight accident marred an other
wise perfect docking. The battleship
bumped into the transport Thomas
lying on the other side of the dock
i with her stern projecting. The taff
rail staff Of the Thomas went down
with the ensign and a portion Of the
rail was smashed, but the acciden,
was slight and had no serious conse'
quences.
The Ohio came into her dock with
the Philippine Scouts band playing
finely and a big crowd lining the
wharves. Attracted by the opportunity
to see the docking Of one Of the three
largest fighting vessels In the navy,
the curious spectators were at the ma.
val slips long before the Sherman
went out and remained long after the
Ohio was safely moored.
The big warship is well worth their
attention. Her only rivals in the U.
| ). Navy in point OF size are the sis
ter vessels, Maine and Missouri. The
Ohio was built by the Union Iron
Works Of San Francisco. Her launch.
Ing was witnessed by President Nc.
Kinley, then on his Western tour. In
1901 she was christened by Miss Desh.
.er, the button that unlocked the ship
.eing pressed by Miss Barber.
The Ohio has been in San Francisco
ever since she went into commission
in September, 1904. Now she is on her
lay to Join the Asiatic squadron. TAX.
Ing the place OF the Kentucky. She
made good run down from San Fran.
cisco, though for the first two days the
weather was rough and a minor acct
dent to the steering gear held her back
She will be in port about week.
The description OF the big white yes
sci tells, at least to an expert, the
story Of her great efficiency and de
structive ability. She is a first class
battleship. 3SS feet In length, 70 fee,
beam. with a displacement Of 1880
tons and draft Of "a feet. She has
two sets Of vertical inverted triple ex
pansion three cylinder engines with
twin screws. and Is good normally for
eighteen knots an hour. Her indicated
horsepower is 10000. She has "a
Niclausse boilers, carries normally 1000
tons Of coal. and can carry 1000 tons
The armor Is as follows: Belt, ~
inch; deck, 3-inch; lower deck and bat
terry. 6-inch; belt forward. 4.inch; tur
rets. 12-inch; bulkheads, 1O-inch; tur
ret bases. IL to S.inch; screens in bat
terry, 2-inch; fore coming tower, 10
inch. The armor is all Krupp and Har
vey nickel. The deck aft is four inches
thick. The belt is 7h feet wide and al
one foot below the water line decreases
to TN inches In thickness. The bot
toms Of the barbettes are inches The
total weight Of armor Is about 1900 tons
and the total displacement Of the ship
with full stores and bunkers Is 1880
tons. All joiner's work Is fire-proofed
wood. There is complete cellulose
(cornpitch) belt along the waterline
The deadwood aft Is slightly cut away
The main battery consists Of four ~
inch breech-loading rifles and sixteen
6-inch rapid-ire guns. The secondary
battery consists Of six 3-inch rapid-drt
guns, eight 6-pounder rapid.fire guns
six one-pounder rapid-fre guns, two
Colts and four machine guns. There
are two submerged torpedo tubes. The
Ohio cost $2,899.000 and her compile
ment is SOL men.
Following are the officers Of the bat
tleship:
Captain L. G. Logan. U. s. NJ. com
handing; Lt..Comdr. w. W. Buchanan
executive officer; Lt.-Comdr. NJ. A. An
derson. chief engineer; It. Comdr. J
d. Mcdonald. navigator; 1t. Comdr
J. s. Mexican. ordnance officer: Lieu
tenants G. M. Stone, e. T. Pollock, 7
J. Sem. Arthur Macarthur, Jr.. N. l.
Jones, C. s. Kempff; Ensign c. s. Var
derbeck: Midshipmen S. NJ. Robinson
M. X. Metcalf, A. Claude. ]. W. Hay
ward. G. c. Carter, b. l.. Canaga, ]. s
Dowell, Jr., c. w. Nimitz. s. II. Law
ton, Jr.. II. Z. Rays. A. S. Wadswortf
h Jr., G. v. Stewart, II. II. Maxson. Il
q NJ. Fawell, s. B. Smith, W. o. Spears
b Surgeon G. H. Barber; Passed Assis
. ant Surgeon. J. s. Taylor; Paymaste
= Jonathan Brooks; Captain j. T, Boote
q u. 8. Marine Corps. commandin
70 guard; First Lieut.. A. b. Owens, U.
Il Marine Corps, second in command {
, guard.
y Boatswain, A. r. Nickerson: Chit
y Gunner. s. Jacobs: Gunner, o. E. Rel
n Carpenter, w. w. Toles.
!. Pay Clerk, j. b. Horton.