Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-27
GIFT TO THE bEALE
Loving Cup Presented to the
Torpedo Boat Destroyer.
OUR FASTEST NAVAL SHIP
Nine. Bakhmeteff, for Whose Father
the Vessel Was Named, Donor
of Silver Piece.
OUR FASTEST NAVAL Shit

Washington has been entertaining an
angel unawares. According to state
ments made today by her officers, the
torpedo boat destroyer Beale. which ar
rived at the Washington navy yard Mon
United States Navy, and her speed has
been exceeded by only one ship of any
navy-that of the Swift of the British
navy.
The Beale made 331a knots an hour,
maximum speed. on her trials, and is 142
tons. The Swift. which made SO knots on
her trials, is much larger. being of 1880
tons. and almost the size of scout
cruiser.
The Beale. which is lying near the COM
mandant's Office at the navy yard, dressed
ship today for two-fold purpose.
Aside from the fact that her officers
and men are getting ready for Thanksgiv-
ing day, the vessel was presented this
afternoon with a large Russian silver
loving cup, the size of Sood-sized
punch bowl. by Nine. Bakhmeteff, the
wife of the Russian ambassador, for
whose father, the late Gen. Edward F..
Beale, the destroyer, was named. The
boat was ordered here for the purpose.
Without Ceremony.
The presentation was informal, owing
to the fact that Nine. Bakhmeteff and the
other members of her family are in
mourning for Mrs. John r. Mclean. her
sister, who also presented the vessel
with silver service before her death.
Nine. Bakhmeteff and the members of
her party. consisting of the Russian am
bassador and several relatives and
friends including Mrs. Edward B. Nc
r on6 ~TrlIyfun Reala were escorted TO
the dock by Commander D. 8. Vassilieff.
the Russian naval attache. Details of the
presentation were in charge Of Capt.
Thomas S. Rodgers, L. 5. N, or the
Office of naval intelligence.
The loving cup was received on behalf
of the vessel by her commander, Lieut..
E. c. Parker. u. S. N. and Lieut.. c. y.
Blackburn: U. S. NJ; and Ensign ]. F.
The Russian ambassador and Mime.
Bakhmeteff will give dinner at the en-
bassy tonight to the officers of the vessel
and their wives, to which the party at
the presentation will also be invited.
The "Last Word" in Destroyers.
The Beale has been in commission but
two months. She is one of five sister
ships, the others being the Jenkins,
Jouett, Tanning and Jarvis. They are
all 1.-The last word" in torpedo boat de-
stroyers and the only ships of this class
in the navy to have a real wardroom.
The wardroom of the Beale is IL by IS
feet, an unprecedentedly large room for
a destroyer.
She is turbine-driven vessel, with oil
fuel-burning machinery, and carries
complement of three officers and eighty
two men. She was built at the Cramp
shipyard in Philadelphia, and her hull
which is of steel, cost in the neighborhood
of $500, ZOO. Including her armor and ar
mament, she cost about 81 100000. She
carries three double torpedo tubes and
five three-inch guns.
Since going into commission she has
been occupied in getting her torpedoes at
Newport, and making her speed runs off
that place. She participated in the big
review and mobilization held in New York
harbor, and has lately been at the Nor
folk navy yard for minor changes i'm in
terror fittings