Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-23
FIGHTING CRAFT
IN HAMPTON ROADS
Greatest Fleet of American War
ships Ever Assembled Ready to
Receive Foreign Batileships.
SHOWS GROWTH or THE NAVY.
Every Type Represented - President
VIII Review Flccs From Bridge
OF the Ataynower.

Norfolk, Va. April 2S,~-rho greatest
tleet of American vessels ever asser,-
bled IA che historic waters Of Hampton
| Roads~-300,GVe tons of boating steel
was made ready today 70 receive the
FIRST Of the visiting foreign battIeshlps
ana cruisers which are from ttrre ia
time 70 take part in tho celebrations
which will mark the progress of the
jamestown Ter-Cen lenntsll exposition.
For the opening of the exposition, Fri
day the 10Th, the war vessels OF Great
Britain, Germany and Austria are ex-
pectec. One of the visiting Germans
the dark hullcd cruiser Bremen, COM
nAnded by Lieut. Commander Alberts,
is already in the roadstead awaiting
the arrival Of the Room . big aTnored
cruiser, typical OF she modern lighting
craft In Emperor Wllliams navy. The
Room, it Is expected may arrive late
this evening. She Will be officially well
coined by a boom of cannon from the
Conn ecttcut, the flagship OF Rear Ad-
Tniral Evans. commanding the Atlantic
fleet.
All the American vessels now at an
chor belong 10 the Atlantic fleet. There
are probably 20 battleshps and cruis'
crs In the line which Is headed by the
Connecticut, just off the government
pier at Fortress Monroe, and which
trails away almost to the vanishing
point UP the broad channel way leading
TO Norfolk.
The feet has been arranged so as to
give the visitors to the exposition the
best possible opportunity for viewing
the Fighting strength of the American
navy
Practically every tyne OF lighting
craft in the American navy Is repre-
scented IN the positions. Battleships
range from tho $4,000 ton mon sters
of the Connecticut and Louisiana class
--~thc iorerunners Of the Dread
thoughts about to be added to the navy
down 20 the all but abandoned Old
Texas, the oldest American battleshlp
and sister Of the Maine. which was
wrecked In Havana harbOr. The Tex
az was built at the Norfolk navy yard
many years ago and, being local prod-
uct, is to remain az tne exposition
as 4 permanent feature OF the naval
exhibit With her eight gums and pal.
try 6, LBS tons of weight, the Texas
when ranged alongside the maInln moth
Connecticut which mounts "a guns
and displaces 16, 900 tons Of water,
offers q striking example of the prog
Tess of The American navy since the
days when the Texas and the First
Maine Were authorized by Congress,
The cruisers Of the fleet are all mod
ern CRATE though the variance in size
between the largest and the smallest
lis as grea; as that which marks the
heavier vessels OF the battleship class
The armOred cruisers Tennessee and
Washington, each OF $500 toms and
90 guns each. are the heavi-
est of the cruisers. They can hutl Il
weight OF metal almost equal 10 the
first class battleships, While they pos
sesS the ieetness OF the ocean grey
hound. The smallest cruisers are tho
Denver and the Cleveland, of 800
tons each the third class OF the pro-
iected vessels OF the navy IN the |
cruiser class, the most interesting Ves- |
sci is perhaps the Brooklyn. the flag |
ship OF Rear Admiral SChleY in the |
battle of Santiago
The English naval squ adr0n under i
he command Of Rear AGrnlral Neville. |
s expected In Hampton Roads either |
Onlorrow or Thursday There will he |
Our arrnored cruisers in the squadron,
HON 0geneoUs set Of gray coated
lighters built along the fleet lines of
III the modern English vessels. The
lag shtp Will be the Good Hope and the
ships will Se tno Argyll,
and ROxburs.
The Australian vessels, the armOred
ruiser Saint George and the pro-
ected cruiser Aspern Will arrive either
ate Thursday evening or early Fri
ay morning, II is hoped they will be
Iere In time for the opening ceremonies.
The vessels OF The navies OF the world
Fill arrive on dates yet TO be fixed. The
japanese squadron is expected May
President Roosevelt VIII review the
fleet and The visiting foraign-
rs from the bridge OF the Alaynower ]
n Friday morning before he lands on
he exposition grounds. The foreign
esscls Will be given positions Of hon.
r inside the long, sweeping circle OF
ships during their stay.
Fifteen hundred blue Jackets VIII be
lnded from the American vessels 10
AXE part in the military and naval par
de Friday afternoon which Will be re-
iewed by the president from the era nd
taud erected an the eSposl5ion's plaza
noWn as Lees parade The foreign
esseis IN port at that time will be i'm
tied 10 land parties, and If they con-
emit TO do so their forces will be given
he right of line,