New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-16
SORROW At NAVY YARD.
admiral Goodrich Goes to Boston
to See His injured Son.

The officers and men attached to the battle
ships Connecticut and Alabama, the cruiser Ia
coma and the converted yacht Mayfower, lying
az the Brooklyn Navy Yard were greatly shocked
when they heard of the disaster on board the
Georgia The first news came by wireless
Lieutenant Henderson. aid to Rear Admiral Cas-
par F. Goodrich. commandant OF the yard, in
formed him promptly but quietly, so as not to
alarm Mrs Goodrich unduly. The admiral who
had lust finished luncheon left his house for the
Office at once. He put himself in communication
with the Navy Department and with the
CharIestown Navy Yard.
Several wireless and other dispatches were
celved in the afternoon Rear Admiral and Mrs
Goodrich started for Boston by the Merchants
Limited Express train. which Is due there at
10 p m. so as to be with their son at the earli-
est possible moment. The last report before
they started II was said informed them that
Lieutenant Goodrich was not badly injured as
at first supposed. but that one of his eyes
in a serious condition.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans commander in
chief OF the Atlantic Fleet, to which the Georgia
belongs is resting at Lake MoGonk, while his
flagship the Connecticut, Is being repaired in
the drydock at the navy yard. He was In
formed by telegraph of the accident to the
Georgia Lieutenant Commander Lloyd II.
Chandler executive officer of the ship. and the
other officers. many of whom knew Lieutenant
expressed the, hope that their injuries were not
serious at first reported.
A visit to the turret in which the Connecticut's
S-inch guns operated, which is much the
those the Georgia, showed at
glance what death trap such place might be
for any caught there In an explosion.
The two S-inch guns in the superposed
turrets require crew of fifteen men and two
officers to man them In target practice how
ever, umpires stationed in the turret
Nitro-cellUlose, high explosive is a compo-
nent part OF the snokeless powder charge
weighing two hundred and fifty pounds, with
which the S-inch guns of the Georgia type of
battleship are served. In action the service is
one round minute. For each S-inch gun 125
rounds carried in the magazine directly be-
low the turret. The ammunition is hoisted by
an electric motor. and the gun is served at the
rate OF one shell every twenty seconds. thus al
lowing forty seconds for loading. firing, extract
ing the shell and sponging the gun. The gun Is
known Mark of 40 calibres. and of the
1899 model, with Vickers breech. Each gun
weighs eighteen tons At five thousand yards
the shot has a maximum penetration OF N
inches, and at three thousand yards Of 10 inches,
through KrUpp armor.
The battleship Georgia belongs the New
Jersey class. which includes the Virginia. the
Rhode Island. the New Jersey, the Georgia and
the Nebraska. Each has displacement or
14.94S tons and carries 703 men The length
over all is 435 feet: beam. T6 feet IN inches;
draft, % feet They are equipped with four
sets of four-cylinder vertical. inverted triple
expansion engines driving their twin screws.
which with 0OO-horsepower. attain a max
imum speed OF nineteen knots. The GeorRia's
main battery consists of four 12-inch, eight n
inch and twelve 6-inch guns. In her secondary
battery she has twelve 14-pOunders, twelve j.
Founders, four 1-pounders (automat!c), four /
Founders (rapid fire., eight Colts and -FOUR 10
inch submerged torpedo tubes.