The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-04-09


GOOD TIME WAS MADE.
I'VE left san Francisco on the morn
ing of Saturday, April 1st," said Cap
tain Logan, last night, leaving the
Iightship at midday. We arrived here
at midday. The first two days we ex-
perienced rough weather but the rest
of the time we had beautiful weather
and smooth seas. Part of the time
the ship made ten knots and part of
the time fifteen We did not hurry.
We shall take on about 1900 tons of
coal here and shall be pretty busy
while we are in port"
WILL RECEIVE TODAY.
It was learned that the Ohio will re-
main about a week. Captain Logan
authorized the statement that the ship
would be open to visitors this after
noon from one until four. This is like
ly to be the only opportunity the
public will have of seeing the battle
ship while she is in port as cleaning,
coaling and minor repairs will prob
ably take up most of the time. The
ship is we'll worth seeing as she is one
of the three largest warships in COM
mission in our navy and is a type of
the modern day battleship such as the
newest ones in the Russian and Japa-
nese navies.
1t was stated last night that the
vessel was delayed on her way down
by a breaking down of the steering
gear In spite of, this the ship made
a very creditable passage She goes
to the Asiatic station to take the place
of the Kentucky which was sent home.
A good authority. however, states that
L. To- tfAYsy
waters but will probably continue her
voyage around the world and reach
New York about next April.
DESCRIPTION OF SHIP.
The Ohio is one of three sister ships.
the other two being the Maine and
the Missouri. The three are the larg-
est vessels now in commission in the
United States Navy although some OF
the battleships now building will ex
coed them in tonnage. The keel of the
Ohio was laid in 1899 and she was
: launched at the Union Iron Works, San
Francisco in May 1901. The launching
was an imposing ceremony President
Mckinley timed his western tour so as
to be present and was on the stand
with Miss Barber who touched the but
ton that released the ship and Miss
Deshler who christened her. She went
into commission in September of last
year and has been in San Francisco
bay ever since
The Ohio is a frst-class battleship.
Her length is 3SS feet. her beam 70
] feet and her draft a feet while her
displacement is 500 tons Two sets
of vertical inverted triple expansion
three cylinder engines with twin
ri4 hcr Z h. aF oil ,,
teen knots an hour. She has twenty
four Niclausse boilers while her in
dicated horse power is 5000. Her nor
| nal coal supply is 1000 tons but the
maximum bunker capacity is 1000 tons.
The armor is as follows: Belt. p
inch; deck, 3-inch; lower deck and bat
: terry, 6-inch; belt forward, 4-inch; tur-
rets, 12-inch; bulkheads. 10-inch: tur-
ret bases, II to 8-ineh; screens in bat
terry, 2-inch; fore coming tower, 1o-fnef1.
The armor is all Krupp and Harvey
nickei The deck aft. is four. inches
Thick The belt is 7ls feetHwfde and at
one foot below the water line decreases
to- Il fnehes in thickness. The bottoms
lief the barbettes are 8 inches. The total
Iiyseight of armor is about 1900 tons and
the total displacement of the ship with
/ full stores and bunkers is 1850 toms
All joiner's work is fire1proofed wood.
There is a complete celluiose (cornpith)
belt. along the waterline. The deadwood
aft is slightly cut away.
The main battery consists of four 12-
inch breech-loading rifles and sixteen
6-inch rapid-fire guns The secondary
battery consists of six 3-inch rapid-fire
guns. eight 6-pounder rapid-fire guns
six one-pounder rapid-fire guns. two
Colts and four machine guns. There
are two submerged torpedo tubes. The
Ohio cost S2,Ss9, zoe and hep complement
is sol men.
THE OFFICERS
Following are the officers of the bat
tleship:
Captain L. c. Logan. q. S. N, COM