| Show I The The Longest est Voyage Ever Made by b a at Dr Dry Dock I t From Chesapeake Bay to the Philippine islands I I run master of at XOI 01 c folk tolk Yu Va ha hn hae recent recently ly l I a n contract with tho United taIe navy hav department del In III ti which ho binds him gelt eI to 10 undertake one oneat of at the tho th most remark remarkable remarkable able voyages ever evera cs cst H TUN mortal man nar t h 0 a J 3 1 by b name nome has agreed OU to the great Kreul It el floating Pevy which has haM been nt at dry Island Mand Che bay hay solomon miles of at sea Ben between L H OO SIX throUgh bay ba Tho doek dOI k I k POl that 00 feet ft I In Il feet In In width and am amU in III height feet et S 3 Inches U Th hoa long felt the tho need needmore adequate Thy dry docking facilities o Inthe ot in f more the tu Ir and LUId J If Captain Wood Woot in ii anchoring his hla hI rather un Wily trL in Manila harbor It will bo be boJ tu t dock clock tho the largest vessel 1 of ot th J torce now In those tho o water Here tro It has hils not n t been to un LX tiny repairs re lra on ships ned to 10 this thin part of ot the globe glob and nud andreat Inconvenience has haN arisen from reat L th lAck lask of ot docking facilities Th Tha nr ar 1 phil 1 o 0 the tho Dewey at nt Manila will bo Io waited with anxiety by h the tho ul al In tho the Philippines for s eral hl o ot Of the fleet now In tho 0 e wat latHs rs should hould have havo gono gone Into dry dock dot k kome some jome time ago Wood 1 Is very sanguine us to the UCC of ot his hili undertaking Ho In InI il I H ts upon regarding It us liS n u pleasure trip of the Iho ho most unqualified description According to the contract cont ho lie Is to re cehe alte J jO 30 a n month It ft Is hi believed that He tM DelY will wilt prove to 10 bo be 1 so n 0 stable tabIe Hell even I In the tho worst weather that there thero therell will ll be little discomfort dl on board of lor tr r and will bo be abundant pro l klon Ilon lon for or both bolh comfort and 1111 amuse rent There Thero wilt will be a II permanent crew ci c ef eight men machinists t engineers engineer electricians and they thc will r remain nata en on In the craft cruft after hn com completes her voyage CInge For I or tho the voyage this thus r r r r 1 1 tt 4 r iJ 1 01 r d dr J Jr l T l lui I ui ui L t tH tA S H A i III i 1 1 f L f f r t tZ Z r rc c zi ziS S r a aL L 1 w 1 t THE DRY DOCK IN USE THE DRY DOCK EMPTY crow crew will be re by b tailors sailors who will bo ho b released when thy reach Manila This lI crew M hi 1 4 not lIot composed of regularly enlisted men Inca but consists MII of or civilians flipped only for tha th voyage Tho rho accommodations on the Dewey are as a Rood good s those thoe on any uny manof war The iping B quarters are arc com coin commodious and there will be no crowd ln hag In any an part of ot the craft The crew erl will be given the maximum merchant sailor pay and will be furnished with abundant rations the allowance for or the tho cruise being fixed at CO GO cents a day for Cor each cach person Instead of or the customary 30 io cents cOllis There Th ro will be plenty of or small mall I boats and a wireless telegraph Installation In lion tion for tor communication with the ac nc accompanying accompanying companying tugboats and pasSIng yes Mis es sets sels The rue navy department depart men I has pro uro provided vided hied tineD three operators Op fir tins 1118 service lit ait lita aita t ta a salary ot of GO 60 a n month and an double ra ration ratIon tion These TheRe hr c men will be bp returned turned r to at the expense exp of the govern government ment meat The rho comparatively largo large crew of J JI thirty persona will be needed to 10 man mon manage I ng age the tho towing lines lints and operate tho tim pumps and electrical contrivances that keep the dock dry Iry Of or coure couDe cour e there will chii be hI nn no effort at nt the great hulk for or no ho r hUll him hin hem been able to devise e a II rudder big Illg and ami strong enough to shape it course for or such nn an unwieldy craft Th ThI Dewoy will liars have to tn depend on in the thi towing pow power er 11 of ot the three great grent collier Cae nr nr lr and which have II e been detailed to accompany her Under the ct n of n f r Hurry harry II 11 IIII II 11 th Ih UH us I to 0 propel nr th thi i hulk ut at the tho rat 3 of ot a hundred mile a II day da daThe The will lu IX with own oln o thu they may teel with 1111 Hi clock inch Illch other tiler The h tn toini in hOC Una will be a n amil mil tat he and a 0 half hlf In III length ii Thi e In is I bo be boIU IU hied d to be y In order orMI to 10 guard suard 1 sharp harp strains in u 11 Ma sea MaAs HUan As an precaution great trtat tow 10 hie iru bits bit with pneUmatic been l l crt m on the to f th the of breaking br the tha cables v arc at al e th larf largest larest t steel ropen In lit world of the thime on toms ot or the Site great Ir suspension bridges bridgeL Thieve Ie In is 1 a of ut opinion among ta a 0 as to the th time that will nil bo te 1 consumed in the voyage If It l the eel col co hers milk good lOod their e of or cover coverI In I ag a hundred ho 1 in lies n II tIny day It I S Is II I s that the tie of three or four tour months will not be wide of ot the trunk mark The Till eastward route and 1111 nd thi Ih ol 01 tint te Suez Suea canal ranal will h he be ollow d The rh authorities are art ot or th thA opinion that Ih It II the th Dowey Dew reaches reached Manila In III safet th bit will b be all al that Is I until the IhA completion of or the hue Panama water sater way May makes make the tho K of her or u a lets kis problem In Ira relent recent lan eim dry city dock of ot which the tiit Ih low Dewey lewey y H IM I a rAh fait example halve hern built buill In I both In Europe nn and l tu tn America Most of lit those th II been born to of or to ton tone Ono Orb of tl I the hf largest und mot most r Ci ut of or them thea la II t that I I for fr tho tim United Stat tate K naval at ll Ja dock has a 11 lifting capacity of or long and ant con consists lt of or live or Three of ot hose form the bottom ot or the dock dook anti two the aide iiiI olli Interior partitions theta thaou Into forty orty fort y meats Much at or these th u compartments compartment has hai ha hann nn an Inlet for the ton lon of or coa toa on water and anI nn en 1 with steam pumps for rOl UH itS The Tho opera I I t I thou lion of railing ral a CI t vessel with this dock M h i ivary I very vary simple When Alt all the tho compart I of ot the dock are aro emptied It at lit A 11 draft Ma ft of tour four fe feet teet t tTo TI I To Ill sulk Kink It all nil the are Ire opened I L admitting water vater to the It II may mu be hI to such a n depth that It will take In a 1 ship of or thirty feet draft dr Ct Tho Tue el la is In and ami centered over the thc keel Kell blocks and the pumps ara aro aranet net lIet et to work worl to 10 the ito water Inter from rom thu compartments As tho tile dock raises ral ell tile Ihu III out of or tho the water vater shores hores are put hut between tho hull and tim tho aide side wall and nn the this pumping la Is I kept kent up until t the hoer of or the th lock dock Is U raised milled above tho the water level lovel Tho keel ked blocks am ore high t nough to raise rolAc tho ito vessel feet above thu tito hour noor of or the and Ind that room to worl underneath the tite ship One ot of tho the largest floating docks ks over ever overbuilt built In ngI lIlI was rent pont to Bermuda III In 1903 1301 to supplant the old dock which i had hut been heen doing duty dut since It was In the and anti towed lowell I mound to the tha Medway for tor Its It trial S 1 which Mas va 18 by b naval men mell front from nil ill over the tie world This TItle Immense hulk wa wn was built to tl I lift a n ve vel yea 9 ill l of If 7 0 tons tolls out of ot tho the water al ni although nit t though t the contract specified only 15 tons The dock was waa eventually towed Jo to Bermuda by two powerful I tugs tug with a n third UH nil attendant It car carried ried COO tons tolls of at coal for tor the tha u use ule c of or tho tue tUE It was a t occasion of f great reat re regret reI regret gret to naval men no tugs tur I could bo bl found round In tilt all the empire of auf IUt I detent power to low tow tho the dock The Tue con contractors tractors wen welt obliged to go to Holland g Hereafter nil all Hunting docka built by bythe bythe bythe the United St te naval department will with willbo willI bo he I constructed with reference to the re i t iod American method of ot Locking docking In Iii InI pico nt or poising n ft ship hlll I on un her keel Icel flint I trusting to shores to keep her bier upright docking keels keel are now built Into the tha shii Ihl Tho are aro of lit tho the na natura tura litre of bilge keels keel and tile tho vessel e sits site upright on l Ivel hivel vel blocks block It Is I asserted I Unit that thee st keels 11 1111 do tb not de tie detract tract front from tho the speed of ot a ship if I P 1 |
