Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-17
Ball|eshIp Must Steam "a Hours
Under Forced Draft and Then Run
"a Hours al Reduced Speed.
GOES TO SEA TOMORROW M0RM|tG
Monster Warship Win Leave This
Port About 10 O'Clock ard Steam
Directly for HockIand, Me.-Trial
Starts Thursday With Standardizs-
ton OF Screws.

| DOUnu OI utl SNo
and flying the American flag for the
first time, the monster battleship Del
aware. the latest product Of the plant
OF the Newport News Shipbuiiding q
Dry Dock Company and regarded by
American naval experts as the most
powerfui warship in the world. VIII
steam from this port tomorrow morn
ing fer Rockland. Maine. Over the
measured mile course near that TOWN.
Thursday. the vessel will oegin her
official trials with the STANDARDIZED
ton of her screws.
Besides running through the stand
ardization trials, the four hours run
under forced draft and the twenty
four hours endurance test to which
warships previously built fer the
United States navy have been sub
iected, the Delaware will have sec
ond twenty four hours endurance run
AZ an average speed of twelve KNOTS
an hour. This is new departure
for battleships on the official build
ers' acceptance trials. but all battle
ships and cruisers built hereafter
will be required TO make the run.
Crew Goes Aboard Today.
Preparations for the departure or
the Delaware are complete and the
crew of about coo picked mechanics
from the shtpyard will go aboard her
today. The firercOm force will be
made up Of German stokers which
will be imported from Hoboken, y.
J.
General Manager Walter A. Post,
Superintendent OF Hull Construction
Homer l.. Ferguson, Superintendent
of Machinery James Rowbottom, Chief
Engineer Bailey and Assistant Chief
, Engineer Fallen AMI other OF the ship
yard officials will make the trip on
the ship. Captain William G. Melvin,
of the city. general shore superin-
tendent Of the Seabosrd Transporta-
ton Company. will command the Del
aware throughout the trip. Captain
Melvin has taken out many of the
warships built at this yard. among
the number being the battleships Vir-
GINA. Louisiana and Minnesota. the
armored cruisers West Virginia,
Maryland. North Carolina and Mon
tsna. and the protected cruiser
Charleston.
Presents Formidable Appearance,
The present schedule is for the
Delaware to leave this port about 10
o'cicck tomorrow morning 1t is ok
pected that big crowd will see the
ship sail The mon ter fighter Is
entirely unlike any warshlp ever built
here and she presents most formi-
dable appearance with her war
paint her ten Finch rifles mounted
In fyc tarrsts and the Two immense
skeieion military fower-'.
After passing out the Virginia
Capes. the ships vii turn up the coast
and proceed 10 Winterquarter light.
where Captain John Hand. CT Phila-
delph,s will adjust the ccmpasses.
With that completed. the vessel will
start the Journey to Rockland. head
ing for point OF the Nantucket
ShoaI lightship. T. is expected that
she viii arrive at Rocklsnd Tuesday
aight CT early Wcdne sday morning.
Trial Board at Rocklsno.
The naval trial board viii j-in the
ship st Rockland and THURSDAY the
Standardization run will BE- held The
ship viii make fourteen or more runs
over the measured course At various
rates Of speed. The naval board will
determine hcw many revolutions of
the screws are required 70 drive the
ship at the contract rate Of speed OF
Il knost an hour.
IT'S Tanned 70 have the sour hours
full dfsft speed rsa on Friday when
the ship musi develop the required
contract speed. Fridsy night the fsrsi
endurance run 81 twenty hours
rndcr forced draf will - run ana
lster the second tvenfy-four hour
endurance run az twelve knots Az
hour VII b. held these runs viii -
made IN the Atlantic ocean snd ont
u the beaten path q trafic
81.