. American engineer and railroad journal . inder. The valves are piston coal supply on the normal displacement of the vessel is1,200 tons, but llieri is a maximum bunker capacity of 3,200tons, which, with an ample allowance for waste and non-effec-tive consumption, will give the , at the most economicalcruising speed, a radius of .action of about 16,000 knots. Thisis much less than the official calculation, but experience willdemonstrate that it is approximately correct. The aiiplicatiouof power through triple screws in large ships is an innovation,and its results iVi the Col
. American engineer and railroad journal . inder. The valves are piston coal supply on the normal displacement of the vessel is1,200 tons, but llieri is a maximum bunker capacity of 3,200tons, which, with an ample allowance for waste and non-effec-tive consumption, will give the , at the most economicalcruising speed, a radius of .action of about 16,000 knots. Thisis much less than the official calculation, but experience willdemonstrate that it is approximately correct. The aiiplicatiouof power through triple screws in large ships is an innovation,and its results iVi the Columbia are watched with intense inter-est by the entire civijizcd world. The Columbia lias not yethad iier trial trip, and the result of that trip will probablyshow about what may be expected from the Miiiniaptdis. Es-sentially and avowedly a commerce destroyer and not a fight-ing ship, the armament of the Minneapolis is comparativelylight. She carries one 8-in. breech-loading rifle of 40 calibre 440 THE AMERICAN ENGINEER [September, Vol. LXVII, No. 9.] AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 441
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