Show She 1 hi lt Ut Now iO s Newport News PI Ya Va Nov I 0 be monitor Arkansan was wal launched at the shipyard toa today The event was very ey successful Miss Il Newton Jont Jones daughter ut of the thc governor of at Arkansas christened the monitor a as It started down the 1 lii In addition to 10 00 Gayer nor Jone Jones and a party ot of Arkansas pro peo prole pi le thee there were l Present Governor Taylor of VirginIa a lae large party 0 of ol out cots and ad a number of invited guests Time The monitor Arkansas I p the first ot of ofa R a type by br the American nay navy for Cor not sInes the days daYI ot of the ci l I ii WR war ha has R a sIngle turreted monitor been cn con constructed The Aran wt will have hae a as assister sister shi the FlorIda and t the Wyom om omIn In lag and a third which wa to have been the Connecticut still Ul e I IThe The These are known u is harbor defense monitor ad and while Imal small wi will have bye large lare for oV crews for tor of at their size If aO and 1 so l be valuable for the use and of instruction of naval mi t The Arkansas is II nut not to COt cost more tb than 50 complete The designs were e prepared b by Chief hief Constructor hitch hitchborn brn born and provide for tor a single blance turret of the tJ type on the con n hue it forward wih wIth an inclined top lop and amid made mad of steel teel nIne inches thick This turret wi wilt contaIn two ot of the nw new high power Inch I loading rift rifle this armament the Arkansas wi will carry four qUick fire guns three and four I unde A special was 11 made to secure light draft fur for this formidable type of Vessel so 0 ti the Arkansas l when complete te wi will draw w only 12 l fIt feet S 0 inches of water 01 Oil i a displacement of t I tons nl eRab lug her to 1111 slip Into tnt any an harol harbot open to ln semi going oin shipping Eleven Eleen inches lache of at Iel steel armor the sides Idel of the mon monitor tor above the water lines and then here will 1 l be bea a protective dk deck for the ful length ot of the easel I 1 inches thick Twin screw engine wi will drive t the ht monitor at a max maxImum speed ot of 1 II knots amply suE P for tor a harbor defense vell vessel and aDd electricity will U b be employed for tur turret turning geare ammunition holt hoist and nd ill aU the secondary accommodation Tl Time wo wood In th the ye VH I eel I I Is the ol old type of monitor the Arkansas wi wili have state tte rooms aoe above the dok deck for tor til the om officers cers r and nw crew but the la his b been so 0 dIf designed tha that It wi will mint Ilot effect the ship should tb the lure b be destroyed In acton action thus retain In lug the virtue of the montor princIple |