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16 Mw A RINE Reo OV: Oe \| CRUISERS COLORADO AND PENNSYLVANIA During the past month two Cramp-built cruisers have had their trial trip and one has been launched. The armored cruiser Colorado underwent her trial trip most satisfactorily, averaging 22.26 knots. The sister cruiser Pennsylvania did somewhat better, averaging 22.43 knots. Mr. Edwin S. Cramp was much gratified at the results obtained by these monster fighting ma- chines. The Col- orado is a twin screw vessel, 502 ft:.-on. "the load water dine, 09 ft: 61% he Doe a i, draught on normal dis- p 1 a cement of = 13,076 tons 24 1t) 1 in. Her full load dis- p la cement will be 15,- 102 tons. Her engines will develop 23,000 HP. at 22 knots an. bour. Her bunker capacity. is 1,850 'tons. She will have a com- plement of forty- seven officers and 783 men. The main battery will consist of four 8-in. bree-c h- loading = ri- fles and 14 6-in. rapid- fire rifles. The $-in. guns will be mounted in pairs in two electrically controlled elliptical balanced turrets of the Hichborn type, placed on the middle line of the ship, one forward and one aft, each having an arc of train of at least 270°. On the upper deck at the corners of the super- structure there will be four 6-in. guns, mounted, in sponsons, one in each corner, and having either a bow or stern fire, with an arc of train of at least 145 degrees. There will also be the gun deck battery of ten 6-in. rifles forming a broadside, five on each side, the are of fire of each being not less than 110 degrees, or at least 55 degrees forward and 55 degrees abaft the beam, except in the case of the forward pair, which are so arranged as to be capable of direct ahead fire. There will be a formidable secondary battery, consisting of eighteen 3-in. breech-loading rifles, twelve 3-pounders, besides four 1-pounder automatic guns; four I-pounder rapid-fire guns, six automatic guns, two machine guns and two 3-in. field pieces. The 1-pounders will be placed in the fighting tops. For the guns there will be carried 500 rounds of 8-in. am- munition, 2,000 rounds of 6-in., 4,500 rounds of 14-pounder, 6,000 rounds of 3-pounder and 2,000 rounds of 1-pounder heavy am- m u n ition. The maga- zines have been espec- fatly. de- signed with a view to absolute se- curity in all clim a t-e-s, p ro vision being made to... -redtice their tem- peratures, if ne c essaty, by means of connections With = the GOGO ltl s plant. The arm- ored _ pro- tection of the Colora- do will con- Bist on ca waterl ine belt extend- ing 5 ft. be- low and 4 ft. above the normal toad. 1a me and. from Seb. sim tO stern. -, Ihe maxim um th yickness will be pre- served at 6 iG. fOr. a depth of 6 ft. from the top. The armor. will taper at the stem and stern to a thickness of 31%4 in. The armor on the turrets, with inclined port plates will be 6% in. thick on the port plate and 6 in. on the sides and rear. At the ends of this armor there will be armored bulkheads 4 in. thick, form- ing an inclosed citadel or casemate, within which the 10 6-in. guns of the broadside battery are mounted. The four 6-in. guns on the upper deck, at the corners of the superstructure, will be protected by 5-in. casemates. The barbettes of the 8-in. gun turrets will have a uniform thickness of 6 in., and the ammunition tubes, extending from the turret to the pro- tected deck, will have a uniform thickness of 3 in. The conning tower armor will be 9 in. in thickness, with a 2-in. nickel steel top, and from its base to the protective THE ARMORED CRUISER COLORADO IN DRY DOCK.