New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-10
QUEEN OF THE NAVY
HERE FOR OUR HOMAGE
The Super readnought Wyom-
ina, To Be Flagship, Joins
the FIotiIla.
REToRTS on THE ARKANSAS
Delayed Because 20,o0o-Lb.
Anchor Turned Truant-
Sports Absorb Attention
of OF Duty Sailors.

With thousand men doing each his
part TO polish the great steel fighter until
she shone as a battleship should, outside
and In the Wyoming, destined to become
the flagship of the Atlantic fleet. sailed
UP the Hudson yesterday morning and
dropped her anchor four hundred yards
above her sister ship the Arkansas. The
new er-Dreadnought ended her second
week as a full fedged member OF the
United States navy with her arrival here
Even recent graduates OF Annapolis.
confident In their knowledge of every
type Of man o. war afoat, watched the
big hulk curiousiy as she dipped her colors
to the flagship Connecticut. her crew
standing at attention along the great deck
running from stem to stern. Obeying her
helm as easily as a swan changes Its
course in the water, the gray mass swung
into place In line and added one more
marvel for Father Knick and all his little
knicknacks to marvel over.
They marvelied readily enough At
first they were rather bashful about get
ting up too close to the newcomer. pre-
ferring. Il seemed, to Chamber over the
bullying sides Of the Arkansas. with which
they had had about thirty-six hours more
10 get familiar. but gradually the lines
Of chugging motor boats, loaded to their
gunwales with wide-eyed landlubbers. be-
gan to find a terminus at the WyominG's
gangway.
The monsters crew were deeply thank
full for the brief respite before the clouds
Of sightseers descended upon her decks
They had torn of about months work
In the last two weeks and did not mind
having a quiet moment or two In which
to brush up the last dust fecks and swab
off the brine left on the vessels side by
the trip from Philadelphia. From the
small boats crawling up under the great
steel walls Of the hull the men who were
doing the swabblng looked like painters
swung high on a three or four story
building
Finest and Fiereest.
The Wyoming and the Arkansas, lying
between her and the Connecticut, are to
this years mobilization what the Florida
and the Utah were to last years They
are absolutely the biggest. finest. hercest
fighting machines af'oat They are so new
that you can almost smell the SAVIOUR o,
molten steel about them. and you can AL
| together smell the SAVIOUR Of fresh paint.
They are as alike as pair OF pins. In
| Guiding an irrepressibly obtrusive desire
| TO get ahead OF each other In some par
| tIcular.
The officers OF the Arkansas. when they
came into the harbor or Tuesday evening.
told a proud tale OF having beaten the
| Wyoming here In race from Philadcl-
phia. where they both felt the final blows
OF the rivetter only a short time ago.
They mentioned the fact that they left
the wyoming looking for an anchor which
she had lost In Delaware Bay. but they
forgot to tell all THE story. They forgot
10 mention. for instance. that the ,Wyom-
1 ing reached the mouth OF Delaware Bay
day ahead OF them, In spite Of their
having gone into commission a week
earlier. Captain r. l.. Chaplin, In COM
mand OF the Wyoming. added this little
detail after he had seen his ship safely
anchored yesterday.
THE wyoming was delivered at the
philadelphia navy yard on September q. I"
said Captain Chaplin, "and was put In
commission on the 18th. II took week
to put the stores aboard and test all the
things that could be tested alongside a
dock When we got down TO the mouth
| OF the bay ! decided to exercise her at
anchor for a while just TO see how she
behaved before bringing her up here. We
anchored In thirteen fathoms OF water.
and when We started 10 haul In the chain
snapped at sixty fathoms.
That was Sunday night. We started
to grapple for II the next morning and
| came upon II at o'clock on Monday
evening. Just as We got an end OF II
| aboard II came on TO blow. and thought
we we're going TO lose II again. But the
men managed to make II fast, and BY
midnight we were ready TO get under way.
We never could have done II In that time
II we hadn't had such magnificent COM
plement Of officers and men,"
Ten Tons Of Trouble.
| or the one thousand members Of the
crew Captain Chaplin brought about three
hundred with him from the Missouri.
which ne formerly commanded Including
| seven Onfcers. Inc TecaiSiiaHt "HShoi
weighed about twenty thousand pounds.
the captain said. and difficulty was ex-
perienced In getting a cable around IL. be-
cause the sand stirred up from the bot
| ION, by the heavy sea prevented the diver
| from seeing how to do his work. He was
forced to fasten the line TO the chain
where he rirst encountered 1t, instead OF at
the end. and the great resultantsweight OF
chain hanging down added materially 10
the difficulty.
| With the anchor again aboard however,
the sea fighter made good speed UP the
coast. her four turbines working TO per-
lection, according to the captain. When
the review Is over she VIII go to the
Brooklyn navy yard to complete the ord
nance work upon her. which can be done
only by the government.
one of the most striking departures
from battleship designing on the new ves-
! sells Is placing the officers quarters up
forward under the bridge. as they gen.
orally arc on merchantmen. This expert.
ment has not met with successa and II Ia
said that with the Dreadnoughts now
building the old practice will be resumed
Captain Chaplin said yesterday that the
crew needed the greater air space IN the
| fore part OF the ship. since they were
more closely packed together than the off,
GERS. Moreover. II had been found tina,
the officers quarters could be arranged
aft with greater economy OF space than IN
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