Show WARSHIPS TO BE LAUNCHED some or of tire lie great vessels building for the Ameri call bly iby THE PIRATE SOON TO BE TURNED OUT igor her Arniat ilent and cost the groat battle snip yet rot to no be launched are the iho oregon son the indiana and elio 1 tho now cw sli six inch ill firlus gun which Is t to 0 end hundred Poun dels A Al ala g is in at 8 the illicitly 1 there Is iq no n 0 parallel at least in amer acan annals botho lu tho present activity in naval circles no parallel in peace or c war period no parallel in tile v wonderful andera lit advance made in the development of naval architecture or lit in the progress toward tow ard perfection in rapid firing guns throe three years the tha alay will sail tactically practically p complete every avery port of note ou seacoast and lake ke protected from attack and the american navy in ill its squadrons squad rous 0 of will havo it vo no DO poor peer cruisers cruis cass battle ships monitors or torpedo boats during the present year several or of tho the cruisers and at al least two of tile battleships vill lot be launched at tilt the Dro brooklyn oklyn na daiy Y yard the cincinnati is dearing completion a great force or of men working dally daily anti it Is le e lioves by commodore erben that she will be ready tor for christening within thin two or three months at cramp sons whore the now york Is building the protected crul cruisers bors nos IS 12 and 13 th the former loriner the ri rato m ill probably bo bit launched before tho the end of the icar car is as well as the great areat coast line battleship tho the massachusetts and indiana Indi arm both 0 of which M hilll ill have a displacement 2000 0 or tons toil s larger arg e r than that of the battle ship loxas aas launched at the norfolk navy davy jard Juno of this year on both of these vessels the armament will i ill bo be in advance of that of the besas Te sas hul the most important I 1 feature of all the battle ships and cruisers now building will be in tho the application of tho the system of rapid guns aliey yaro aru distinctive in their uso use of brass brans cartridge cases similar to those of small arms thereby permitting loading in a single motion anil and rendering a longing unnecessary the now new rapid lire fire guns aro are the 4 inca bring a 33 pound choll the luo 5 inch firing ft a 50 pound shell hell and the ibo C G inca firing a pound thell shell this last still in process of development is to bo be used on all the new battleships battle ships and cruisers with smokeless powder giving increased muzzle velocities olo ettles the most efficient clent distribution of these guns in chenow hie now ship designs has been the subject of earnest and careful ond and plans have already boon been worked out tor for giving a maximum mai linum volume of fire in snail all directions derei allons ills it Is also proposed to protect those these guns by their armor shielding ing the crews from the effects of site shell and front from tile tho lire jiro of the she smaller caliber it is an interesting tact fact that the mount for the rapid lira fire guns from froia the four inch frich to tho the six fix inch is of the same type throughout permitting in each case rapi dand easy manipulation added to perfect control I 1 was shown the shells to be used with these guns rind and in tho the tests made found feind that the 50 will par perforate forat n two calibers of steel armor at close ra range u ge all in fit all twenty four war ships ship s are now building of those four aro are cruisers two are gunboats gun boats two are armored cruisers crus cr five are protected cruisers throe are coast line battle ships tour four double turreted monitors one Is a torpedo boat one a ram one a battle ship h 1 P and the last the bancroft Ban crof it the first of the practice cruisers tor for the ilia use of naval cadets cabets those these vessels are building at ter CP places and at each the work Is pro greasing splendidly although now and ai then than come reports of delays in the delivery of material the texas Is art an example of this although launched not one portion of her armor has ct been becis received i ved here are the shipyards at t which over ever 10 workmen are employed la in bringing the american navy into noble existence baltimore city point works boston both bath me its aliza beth port N X J cramp sons I 1 hilis delphis delph lt union iron works Yorks li ban fran casco iowa iron works dubuque la ia i brooklyn navy yard norfolk navy yard mare island cal at baltimore Balti moru the montgomery and detroit are rapidly being pushed to a completion they are being built on oil the same cruiser model and will each t cost rach each will line hise two 6 inch eight 5 inch new rapid lire fire breech loading rifles six G pou aders and lid two I 1 rapid firing cannon well as two gathings Gat lIngs it li Is believed be gloved fr that each will reach a speed of nineteen knots no an hour the protected cruiser building at san francisco which Is to cost may possibly be launched before the iho i it of the ear but ahli Is in doubt her 1 e r arm amoul is to consist of lour four 8 inch breech loading rifles too teu I 1 lk S 5 inch fach rapid firo fire breech breach loading rifles fourteen 6 six I 1 rapid filing cannot arid and four but bit 0 it t it Is the oregon at al bin an francisco in which particular interest Is taken fusion no ti oliue has yot yet been fixed tor for the launching avid and work on her ter Is 1 progressing very brent lowly ehg is to bo be the longest ot of tile alio great battlo battle ships of tile thi now new navy although her armament Is to be exactly tarol similar ar to that of the LIn indiana diana the displacement of both jeasitis will ill bo 2000 tons larger than hat of tile iha now york and tons tells greater than that i ot of the the cost of tho the oro ore yeon can 1 Is while tout that of the iho indiana Is 63 3 L the arm ar manent allen t lot of both ships will comati or toor foor 13 inch elghos inch toura fourg inch breech rules rifles sixteen pounded 0 four I 1 rapid lire hirly guns anti and your four gat lings it Is moro more than likely homeer ho weer Gor that many changes v ili hi bo be made I 1 la a the iho I 1 armaments of those these as well ai ot of tile the fc other cruisers and battleships yet to bo be If launched and building for the tests constantly being mado made have led to many improvements which are arc of course coura I liever ever taken into account in the original designing it Is an ail interesting tact fact that front from the time lime the contract was let tor for the building of the texas in IBM clothe to the present year the year ot 01 tha launching mch inch vast improvements hove been made in naval architecture that thai the texas Is considered an old tylo style battleship hardly able to compete 1 with the new r designed vessels of the american or Kurop Eur oan davies both batt tho the indiana and the if alas cl isetti are building at cramps Cr ampa the th rt 3 cot cost of on ship Is the tame same as Is also alio the armament t the 1 cruiser building at boston xo no I 1 Is to lo lost cost and in ar armament k t s iid ad i general design i almost the sit met 0 1 irl of the iho detroit the M ad 10 k the double turreted turre led monitor now belne being constructed at muro W ls ell 1 wn w w I 1 island Ii lani 15 1 01 on rho plan of tile maht nom noni cli oll vi which aich lies lias but ro vently rono gone anlo itt iiii arin armament ament cou alts of 01 four our 10 inch broce blond ing I 1 file two 6 two luo 1 3 sapid firing 1 guns and two iwo 37 revolting vol ting cannon then rheu two gadinas complete the outfit ilio abo ciralo Ti rl ralo rato will m be pel perhaps haps tile dext protected cruiser to tn be at al cramps it ii Is to coa mid lias haq it a somewhat lial less then than that of the new york it la Is tho ilio first ciril ot of the dow ci in fit which the original designs included the ilio sis sl inch rapid fiting firing guns tims thus it will bo be scott that ancic L acle sair I 1 ie prepa preparing to lo protect pro acl his coast frow invasion Is ono point on tile department Is 11 at al soa it II was originally intended so a r least Is tho the report to build at least alvo or of tho the pra cLICO crul gers but the lan itan rott croft which ling lias just b en cn launched at and tile cost of which 1 is S So lias hae proven too small nall and it is likely that a new dow practice cruiser will mill bo be ordered lio do signed on oil a more ex tensho scale the tha pictures which are published herewith urn are from the original ori Rinal dasig IS ail and absolutely accurate T buy aro are ax published lis ld through irli the iho courtesy of gilr hart of east twenty third street new ew yerk tile bomal of tho the navy havy |