. American engineer and railroad journal . PRACTICE CRUISER BANCROFT, UNITED STATES NAVY. ders ly/z in., 21 in. and 31 in. in diameter and 2oin. are two boilers, each 8 ft. 8 in. in diameter and 17ft. long, with two corrugated furnaces 39 in. in diameter. The coal capacity is 140 tons on normal draft. Withthis supply the radius of action is 1,560 knots at 13 knotsan hour ; 2,400 knots at 10 knots an hour, or 3,850 knotsat 8 knots an hour. Vol. LXVI, No. 6.] ENGINEERING JOURNAL. 263 LAUNCH OF THE CASTINE. The gunboat Castine launched from the yard of theBath Iron Works, Bath,
. American engineer and railroad journal . PRACTICE CRUISER BANCROFT, UNITED STATES NAVY. ders ly/z in., 21 in. and 31 in. in diameter and 2oin. are two boilers, each 8 ft. 8 in. in diameter and 17ft. long, with two corrugated furnaces 39 in. in diameter. The coal capacity is 140 tons on normal draft. Withthis supply the radius of action is 1,560 knots at 13 knotsan hour ; 2,400 knots at 10 knots an hour, or 3,850 knotsat 8 knots an hour. Vol. LXVI, No. 6.] ENGINEERING JOURNAL. 263 LAUNCH OF THE CASTINE. The gunboat Castine launched from the yard of theBath Iron Works, Bath, Me., May 11. She is a sister shipto the Mac/lias, built at the same place, which was de-scribed in the JdUKNAL for January. For convenience itmay be repeated here that she is an unarmored steel ship190 ft. long, 32 (t. beam, 12 ft. mean draft and 1,050 tonsdisplacement. She has twin screws, each driven by atriple-expansion engine, with cylinders 15 in., 25 in. and34. in. in diameter and 24 in. stroke. The speed is expect-ed to be 14 knots
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