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Show AtXIMAlU TO T1IK NAVi. M10 I un t apluro Merclianlnisn, I cape Ironi Mar Milps or light IT toruered. Tho United H tales Nnvy Department Depart-ment hat juat completed the designs ol a powerful battery for the now Inter-iiathnal Inter-iiathnal Navigational uiti) 'stteamt r New Yolk. The lattery will oomlst ol twelvtsli-lnclibrrtih-Ioadlugrirlsf, I land 01111 nn each tiow and qjirler uud four uu moll I loadable. In nil llllou there will lie n secondary battery, consisting of twelve six-K)underrsild-flregunt , laced oil tbu main and hurricane decka un I eight ono ,H.unJer rapld-nie guns mutinied In tojf, mi) s the New Yolk Knits l.ith or the two masts of the shlpwid le given double tops. I aoli top will contain two one-,iounder guns. On the extremities 01 tho main bildgcandluu position commanding n sweep lorn and alt along tbu water line, and upon the entire line of u l.r deKs will Iki ,lacel two tlatlliig guns. I-urthermoie, It has Utu launtd to give the New lork brace of tul-marine tul-marine guns lu the bows, and pluel to ai tu dlscbargu their tujec.llet at n de, Hi of ten fett llow the wator Hue. Atnldililps and on each I roadside will br 1 laced oou,le of turn table torpedo tubel. l.ach turntable will su, port two torpedo tut es. The turn-taole turn-taole tubes will be tqerated uu the lowermalndiik at a (nlnt while tho deck Is at a height of lltteeu feet above the water Hue. The lighting complement of the Ts'ew 1 oik list bieu lut down ut 80(1 elllcers and men. This com) lenient will (ermltof detaching fully IJICtll-cert IJICtll-cert and men fur the ,urpoae ot man-lngrlxes. man-lngrlxes. Ills caliulated that lu a wur with (Ileal llrllaln the New York would be able lo scoop up uny of the numerous tramp steamers which she might ha, , en to run across. A , rile crew ol llliien men would he sulllcli nl, It Is 1 timated, to run 010 of the average aver-age sized tramp ttenuit rt Into , ort. A res. rvu irew of JW clllceri and 1111 11 for , rise manning woutlatauiu lulllclent working irewa tor fully Iweut) tlverrlzes. lhe New York In time ol war will bo lommaiided b) a full uiplalii lu the nav), ltlsdeeiued more tliau likely that tho inalotily of thu New Yolk's deck and tuitlr.etr olllcers will bo com- lultsloued olsuclitlmeasuniciislu the uavy aud thus lu retained with the vessel. It Is recognized In nival circles that tlieeuglueirs who Btecouttautly uu gaged with the mauhliiery of some pittlcular veeiel learu the (ecullarl-ties (ecullarl-ties of thoie engines, aud u, ear, furthermoro, belter ublo t) get mail-mum mail-mum retulla tliau man unaccustomed to them. Thu six Inch battery of tho New York inraua twelve five ton 100-lieundcr 100-lieundcr rltltt. The six-Inch guuie-tulns guuie-tulns a working irew of twelve men. llio weight of the shell It 100 pounds, and the range Is over five miles. The heavy snoadary battery allowed the New Yolk Is Inten led mostly ai a to-lection to-lection agslcst torpedo-boat attack, lu the event, tliuut.li, of the alilp taicomlng partially disabled, her secondary battery, should be surrounded, sur-rounded, would serve to effectually sworp tho open decks ofttieeoeniy. The eubinarltie gun defense given 10 the war ship Is Intended to assist when It becomes necessary to ram. lhe high s, eed of the big liner Is ol Itself lulllclent tocut down the heuvleit Ironclad tlloat, but to make moreeu.y the prow attack thu submarine guns lu the bows will discharge Just before ramming tAro heavy ,uiicoiton ahelli, each containing .tud pounds of gun-cotton. gun-cotton. The uavy department does not regard re-gard tlio New York lu the light of u lighting ship, lutlrnoof war the will serve to (try 11,011 thu commerce of uu enemy, t-i capture, burn, sink and dt etruy, l'rlzes of gleat value the will man with n iorlluii of lier reserve crew and tend Into art, there to lie condemned I) the, rise courts. The heavy belli ry allowed tlir It Intended as a meant ot defense In the event of being turprlsul und allaokuj by the ships el lhe eneui). Ordinarily tho Niw York will be ublu to scamjer away out of harm's reach ta soon lis abe makes out nstraugo craft to be u war vetsel, but should hir uoal su, ly fall 1 er, ur should stio become Km-rarllydlstblod,iho Km-rarllydlstblod,iho will bo com, elled 10 right, und the buttery now planned for her Is tulllclent, It It thought, to (,1V e the big ship umplu means of taking tak-ing tare ol herself. lhe coal bunkers of the New York will hold .'00) tons of coal. Iu thu jassagu from Lt,ir,ool to New York at high continuous speed there are burned, ordinarily, 1000 tma of coal. At hlghaslSOd tous liavo been consumed con-sumed 1j thu six du)t run. lu war time. llio New York will not only till her Haul buukert with coal, but her cargo sj acuBs well. lhe cargo sjaou will contain fully UOd tons of uoal. I'littheriiiori, the lowirdeck, now oiuupled by italu-ruouit, italu-ruouit, oau be utilized uud uu a Idltlon-ul Idltlon-ul 1000 tons thtru 1 urltd without iltstroylng Ihettabllfty or ttoadiiuas of Itu ihl,. Wheiiciulaiuglii suarih d the inercliuut vessels uf the iiuiiiy tbu New York will cruliu leisurely, burning burn-ing but llltluioal, und with Hies will banked. Oncii a sail Is undo out, alio will quicken her ,mcu 11 Hltle aud head uver lu thu struugcr', direction. Bliould tbu straugu vietel ulu qulokeu hir ,aie, the ht.w York will piob.ibly oloee an extra furnace Uoor nuu turn up tier a, ted ontior two knots fuster. liiaimucli as the New Yolk and lier staler ship, the larit, uru among the fatte.t ships all at, It will be but a qunttlou ut tlnu beforo the , ursuer Is within gunshot ruugt, and then the ctiutuj, If not already hove to, will auddeuly hear tho screech ir a 10J. (Hjiiud shell luthlug over hir decks. Having illiclid u culture, tlio .New York, having burned her , rlze, will again irubu tijiiurely along. I u this wuy tho 450(1 tons of coal thu veaael Is capable uf tarrying will enable her to keip the Beat tor an Indellnlie 1 orlod. lhe battery for thu New York will either I e ke, t , eruiuueutly 011 board lliut veaael uud Hi tile hold or el.o I u stockulun the com, nuy'a wharves lu HiIb city or at the Hrook y 11 uavy yarJ. Till, jiulnt trill lie settled by the lucom lug seoretary of the uavy. |