| Show c CHAlS CRAMPS RUSSIAN LES I 1 rUE rilE AmAH The first example of what America can do In the wa way of buIldIng warshIps for tor a European power I is now fairly afloat al aAd unless N all sIgns fal fall the Ya Va riDS clog launched on October 3 31 at Cram Cramps s ud ard on the Del Delaware ware I Is des dea to revolutionize the popular style Itlo of cruisers styles change about as ofen often lS as bat and parasols RussIa contracted for thIs When fol ship and also for th the tremendous battleshIp which wi wIll be launched In the tho spring her ler naval chiefs did what other govern fern meats ha have ne never r don for the they lef left the and details to the builders merely saTIng that the they want wanted the tho fastest cruiser afloat nolt and the most for baler battery tint sucK u ship can carr carry The h Cramps made sug lur lurI tons and nt at last lut plans wr wore agreed on evoked I fr from l which the artal ha has been She Sho must develop I a speed ot of twenty tnt twentythree three knob knote an hoar hor sil she roust must maIntaIn 1 it for t twelve wehe hours The severity of this te test t can b be easily understood when the requirements for other shins ar are m men toned toned The Columbia and I lii were onlY cled called on for knots a fl hour for tour four hur hours Iloth el exceeded the contract speed but the sp MInneapolis gret great record wa was only twentythree an and a qUarter knots knot Now the Yorla must do nearly this wel well for tIIe twelve hours houN and thou though b they folly a apprecIate the of doing It it the tho Cramps ore are confident that thc they wilt 1 succeed They he have hae bui built 1 a shie O ute f t Ion long 62 2 fet feet wide and 19 feet teet Gin G In chic chu deep deev 1 She wi will O tons tOM of water and he her engInes two tuo of the tho vertical type must mut develop hol horse NI these thele tP figures gIve but bul Ide Idea ot of what the gC realy really 1 Is I In lok look sh she r resembles the New w York fore more tl nn any other cruiser but I ad and her liles are are carrIed both t fore e an anIn at atIn beautIful In sweeping cut th dicato elY easy passage the thi water ter She wi will hlo have l twIn In propellers 0 of tn mart ginese brone bronze and I a steel deck Ulo three Inches thick to protect her vital parts t In offense she he wi wili b be r ll l powerful moun mounting tn twelve ot of the nw new rn suns and Ind guns of oC the most mOlt a ler lice maier trial trIp I Is occur on thero the gov emInent course Cape An Ann aM Cape Cepe Porpoise on th the New England a coat coast and the shiP chip I If will willbe b be commIssioned at the Cramp d and will lii then start for tor th the C Weekly |
