Show SIX NEW ARMORED CRUISERS FOR OUR NAVY C L 4 I J I J i c cI a I I r j 1 f ill 1 1 ff i L Mf 7 y a J J t tw t tJ tH H J j w ems t i iThe i n 1 o tl l r X The new armored 1 cruisers the California Colorado Maryland Nebraska South Dakota and West de signs for which have hae been worked out under the direction ot of Chief Conet Con Admiral HIe hl n are Intended d to 10 b be bemore more formidable All as fighting machines than any others ot of their claps now in service or proJeCted The They c I ill III combine the speed 1 and salting sailing radius ot of the protected cruiser with the impregnability ut of the lire battleship giving u us A swift float big IlIg castle thAt can overtake almost any craft cratt ot of Its character at sea lieu And at the seine time withstand the shocks hock ot of i iJ terrIfic broadsides I r Three of at these cruisers are to be sheathed and coppered 1 and three unsheathed but the they will be about the earns ID In length or tt feet on load lond water line 70 feet teet beam am to tons displacement tram from St 81 feet 6 Inches to N Ie tt feel I fJ Inches draft and with a guaranteed speed ot of 22 2 knots per ter hour The Tho Armament will I he complete of It tout I 11 Inch guns mounted In two to armored turrets tour four G 6 Inch guns mounted In a gun cun deck battery hattery ot of ten 6 t guns cuns forming a broadside and ond a powerful secondary battery consisting of at eighteen 3 Inch t twelve ehe 3 two ti o t p machine and six automatic guns tins of at small caliber besides single In the up upper r and lower military toJ tope eta to i iThe The They will be protected b by a water line IIno belt 7 feet 6 Inches In wIdth extending tram from stem to stern stem I Inch thick l i abreast the tho engines and ond hollers with II a complete oil tempered and annealed nickel steel protective deck 1 to 4 1 r I thick on the sloping eloping sides ldes and a cellulose cofferdam belt S 3 Inches thick as additional protection The turret armor K ij will be 6 Inches thick and ami that ot of the conning tower 9 Inches with II a 2 Inch nickel steel top The greatest steaming radius possible will bo be gained with a bunker Opacity capacity of 2000 tons tOn and trIple expansion t tRines Rines gines ot of indicated horsepower and crew will be comprised In n a grand total ot of au soul lOul lA |