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ee ee eae Te Te ee ARINE REVIEW. Vor.eVal, CLEVELAND, OHIO, THURSDAY. [ANDAR Yer oos. INO: 32: United States Armored Cruiser Brooklyn. At the first session of the present congress in July last: ap- propriations were provided for two war vessels, one an armored cruiser of about 8,000 tons displacement, and the other a battle ship. Proposals for the construction of these vessels were opened a short time ago, and although the contracts have not as yet been awarded, it is very probable that they will be built by the William Cramp & Sons' Ship and Engine Building Company, Philadelphia, as the bids of that firm, $2,986,000 for the armored cruiser and $3,110,000 for the battle ship, were the lowest pre- sented to the navy department. The armored cruiser, for. which congress placed the limit of cost at $3,500,000 exclusive of armament and speed premiums, will be known as the Brooklyn. The principal dimensions of this vessel are as follows: WE oti OielOAC Mee. cc vem ros eae oie verses 400.50 feet. Beatin, extreme: #0..0% Sarr sc: pees act 64.83 feet. Wrath mean, NOnmMal nc. ces eee een 24.00 feet. Displacement, MOPMAl cee ce esee te eee 9,150.00 tons. DiSplaceMient) Hela lsesencesh reece see er 8,150.00 tons. Indicated horse powet......... Bahia i ctlacciaues 16,000.00 Speeds KnOts Per NOU csc... ree 2 OKOO "POLanCOaL-Gapacityests sense. ats eee 1,650.00 tons. Coal carried on normal displacement...... 900.00 tons. 23 v 3 inches thick. Forward and abaft the machinery and boilers, to stem and to stern, the deck is to be at the thinnest part at least 2% inches in thickness. Below the deck are to be placed the propelling machinery, steering gear, magazines, shell rooms and all that is ordinarily styled "the vitals of a warship." Protection of the hull from injury to the water line region is to be afforded by means of an armor belt 3 inches in thickness extending the length of the machinery and boiler space, and in depth from 4 feet above the 24-foot water line to 4 feet 3 inches below that line. Within this armor belt and skin plating, and above the armor of this belt, a band about 3% feet wide of cel- lulose is to extend the whole length of the vessel, in depth from the armor deck to the berth deck. It is intended to carry coal above the armor deck for a length corresponding to the inner bottom. This space between the armor deck and the deck above is to be subdivided by water-tight bulkheads into at least 36 coal bunkers, exclusive of the coffer dam and passages. The space forward and abaft these bunkers is to be well subdivided by - water-tight bulkheads for stores, etc. A conning tower of not less than 7% inches in thickness to be carried in a suitable commanding position, having a tube to _ the protective deck of not less than 5 inches in thickness for the protection of speaking tubes, bell wires, etc. UNITED STATES SIE BROOKLYN, The Brooklyn will have twin screws, the engines to be of | the vertical, triple-expansion type, four in number, two on each shaft, and in four compartments. 'The forward engines to. be readily uncoupled from the after engines for cruising at low speed. 'The boilers are placed in three compartments and are seven in number, five of them being double-ended and two single- ended. The hull is to be of steel, not sheathed, with double bottom and close water-tight subdivision to about 12 feet above the water line. The arrangement of decks above water to provide ample freeboard and berthing accommodations. It is contemplated to fit two military masts with fighting tops to carry no sail. The boats will be stowed clear of the blast of the guns, but two life boats must be so carried that they may be readily lowered under all conditions of weather. Protection of the hull is to be afforded by means of a steel protective deck worked from stem to stern and supported by heavy beams. 'The bottom edges of this deck, amidships, are to be 5 feet 6 inches below the 24-foot water line, the top of the deck rising to this water line at the center of the vessel. On the slopes of the deck, over machinery and boilers, the armor is to be six inches thick; on the horizontal portions the armor is to be The battery of the ee is to be: Hight 8-inch BE Roof 35 calibers; twelve 5-inch, B.-L. R. rapid-fire guns; twelve 6- pounder rapid firing guns;. four 1-pounder rapid-fire guns; four "machine guns and 2 field guns. The torpedo outfit is to consist of five torpedo tubes, one in the bow and two on each side, six torpedoes and a suitable allowance of gun-cotton for mines and miscellaneous purposes. Provision is to be made for defense eae torpedo at- tacks by means of steel ring nets carried by out-rigger booms. There is an electric lighting plant consisting of two divi- sions, each division having an engine and dynamo, and each dynamo having a rated output of 4oo amperes at 80 volts. _ _ The ship will have a radius of action at full speed of 1,792 knots, and a radius of action at ro knots of 6,216 knots. -- The complement of officers and men. will be 566 persons. The hull and fittings were designed by the bureau of construc- tion and repair, under the direction of Chief Constructor T. D. Wilson, U. S. N., and the machinery by the bureau of steam en- gineering, under the direction of Engineer-in-Chief George WwW. Melville. The engraving is reproduced from the Iron Age.