The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-30
ATLANTIC FLEET IN
HARBOR Of NEW YORK
Mobilization of the Largest
Number of Fighting Craft
Assembled in America.
SUMMARY OF VESSELS
Rear Admiral Hugo OsterllausI
in Command; Connecticut
the Flagship.
SUMMARY OF VESSELS

NEW YORK. Oct. 2o,-New York has
prepared 10 entertain for three days THIS
week 10000 blue Jackets on Io2 war yes
sells OF the Atlantic fleet ordered hithcf
for participation In the most ambitious
mobilizs tlou OF lighting craft ever un-
dertaken In this country. In command
OF Rear Admiral Hugo osterhaus. al the
available ships OF the Atlantic squadron
began stcamIng toward New York bsr-
Dor last week, and twenty -four vessels
OF the Pacific squadron are due NJ Los
Angeles for the west coast naval demon
sJretion there. One hundred and twenty
six In all. they Will remain Mt anchor
from TODAY until Thursday; there VIII pe
two nights OF illumination. and JACK
ashore will have perhaps the Sreatest
land fete az his career. The number OF
mon due at New York alone surpasses
the strength OF Skaters army in Cuba,
but even then II Is tho opinion IN navy
circles that some OF the vessels VIII DC
short handed. II Is hoped, however, by
emergency measure TO meet demands,
Early last week the only three battle
ships in the Brooklyn navy yard-the
dreadnoughts Utah. Delaware and Flor,
ida-were groomcd for the display wired
for the special Nominations and made
ready to swing around the harbor mouth
and up into North river. The presiden-
tal yacht Mayower, also at the navy
yard, has been prepared for the parade
and VIII bod alonSSiUe the great pd''le-
shins although President Taft. accord
ing TO his latest plans. will not return
from the west in time to review the
ships.
Miles of Ships.
Arrangements here call for five. and
perhaps seven. miles of ships. great and
small forming four lines In the Hudson
river from West Fifty seventh street 10
tleships will he 400 yards apart destroy
ers coo. smaller torpedo boats and other
craft 600. In order that they may he
displayed to the best advantage 1t was
arranged TO have the submarines an
chored nearest The New Yor! shore.
Next in line come the battlcships and.
ir the third and fourth columns. nearest
New Jersey. the dcstroyers and torpedo
boats.
This long line OF 1o2 vessels, twenty
6DGr OF them baseshiSps S. fomhrs'nS I hgGc the
aggregate tonnage OF 5Ii,2S0; and of Los
Angeles the twenty four warships VIII
have t9nnase OF 1855. making
uonal naval display the mobilization will
surpass the German review AT kiel In
September; will outweigh the French dis
play at Toulon last month and Will rank
second only To the great array OF fight
Ing ships which assembled in the Solcnt
on June q during the ceremonies Of
George V, OF England. On that occa-
sion there was display of 16I British
Narships and eighteen foreign vessels
and The aggregate tonnage OF British
Il
Will Anchor i'll Hudson.
The entire fleet which will swing at
anchor in The Hudson river until Thurs
daY comprises twenly-four battleships.
tTo armored cruisers, two protecte-
cruisers. twenty-five deslroyers. sixteen
torpedo boats. eight submarines, three
tornedo nect tenders. four gunboatS, nine
miscellaneous vessels, such as hospital,
supply and ammunition ships; eight COL
liers, an oil tanker and three tugs. Never
In the history Of the American navy
have many warships been thrown to-
cether, and 10 man them requires nearly
half the enlisted strength of The entire
navy,
7, is a serious problem TO anchor such
an array OF vessels in the Hudson with
out i0convenienclne passing commercial
craft. but with the positions worked
out carefully on diagram each vessel
slips into It's appointed place ss quietly
The flagship Connecticut which led the
srantic fleet on its around the world
crYise win swing at The head Of the
gGlImn gbin ,s,.J not far from the giant FlorIda.
Tor the first time She was ONLY re-
Gently put in commission, has not vet
ing In tho display she leaves tho Brook
lEn navy yard where she Nas built, for
her first turn around tho harbor
Last Demonstration.
New York's last great naval demon
stralion was during the Hudson Fulton
strength Of United States and visiting
wsrships does not equal the array planned
ror The present mobilization. As All ex-
pertinent Of, assembling on short notice
great number OF ships in fighting
trim, II is being watched with interest
ny naval authorities. and mas be com
pared from a naval viewpoint with The
inooilIlaiic OF troops Al san Antonio
during the Mexican insurrcction The
prooiem OF moving twenty thousand SAIL
ors vs. vastly easier than moving troops
however hr
pulres but shifting OF a floating stIi,c-
'o,,e, ,ore ~lth ctG". arms and provisions
bb9npei,e' bS ,psi while tt,Lansperllns an army
portions and perpleXltes.
Names OF Ships.
As announced by the navy department
ne ships TO participate in the mobiiiza-
non here are;
Eattleships- Connection. Florida Utah
Delaware. North Dakota Michigan,
louisiana, South Carolina Kansas. Vcr
mont New Hampshire. Minnesota Mis-
sissippl Idaho. Missouri Ohio, C;eorria
Nebraska: New Jersey virginia. Maine
Iowa Indiana and AIassa chusetts
A.mored Washington and
Moines. al" LES
DesIroyers-Reid flusser, Lamsor
aft'0R ca Ros s''Is psrr pr"yson :. PA PsudI9s. Nc
Monaghan. Ammen. slrrows "tTTTTIS1,.' TrInD'
Macdonough and Worden '-'
r,onf n9rpeao ooals,-,,porter. Blakoly. pu-
De Long, Shubrlek. Stockton Ti6rc.
Ma.kfs' sssiey' Bailey, styiugham and |
tai SIoiGaI Gi IInes-sr Crawling. Bonita. Mar
and Octopus. A"'P"n
Torpedo boat tsnders-Dixie. c,asti,e
aud Severn. N"S''"e
C;unbosfs-NashvlIlc. uolnb,n D.,
and Marietta. "' feFei
= Aurilisries- Prairie urausport) "a,
fnaht'ss9 mine layer), Lebanon (ammu. |
nl'ion SNIP. Panther (repsir shin Wa,,
mower icon vertod YACHT. Yank,nn 1ton- |
deT), celtic and CuIgoa (guppIy shipsl |
and Solece thospitsl ship. p''
Collers-Neptunc. Cyclops. LJ.c.o,.
Mars, Vulcan. Ajax, Brutus and stcrlinr
OH tsnker--Arethusa
Tugs-Patu%eni. Patapsco and Poto- |
mace
Summary,