. American engineer and railroad journal . tion to the foregoing offensive phase of the ship,there are six torpedo-tubes, one bow, one stern, and fourbroadside, two on either side, just abaft and forward of theforward and after barbettes respectively. The four 13 in. guns are mounted in pairs in two barbetteturrets forward and abaft the superstructure on the main lower part of these turrets, called the barbette, is 17 , while the turret proper, which rises above this wall ofarmor, is 15 in. thick. The 8-in. guns are mounted in pairs in four turrets of sim-ilar character, two o
. American engineer and railroad journal . tion to the foregoing offensive phase of the ship,there are six torpedo-tubes, one bow, one stern, and fourbroadside, two on either side, just abaft and forward of theforward and after barbettes respectively. The four 13 in. guns are mounted in pairs in two barbetteturrets forward and abaft the superstructure on the main lower part of these turrets, called the barbette, is 17 , while the turret proper, which rises above this wall ofarmor, is 15 in. thick. The 8-in. guns are mounted in pairs in four turrets of sim-ilar character, two on either side, on the forward and after ex-tremities of the superstructure deck. The four 6-in. guns, two on each side, are placed amidshipson the main deck. These guns will have local protection inaddition to splinter bulkheads, shields and automatic shutters. The 13-in. guns have an effective arc of fire of 270°. Theseguns are mounted about 17£ ft. above the water-line. The8-in. guns are about 25 ft. above the water-line, and are high. Vol. No. 18.]: AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 545 enough to fire over the 13-in. turrets. These guns have aradius of action of 164 . The engines are ol the twin-screw, vertical, triple-expan-sion, inverted-cylinder type; diameter of cylinders being asfollows: high pressure, in. ; Intermediate pressure, 1*in. ; low pressure, 78 in., with a common stroke of )•„ In. There are four double-ended boilers 18 ft. X 16 ft. in diame-ter, and two single ended boilers (donkey). 8J ft. X 10 ft. indiameter. Bach boiler and engine is in a separate watertightcompartment, in order to localize possible injury. While the norma] coal supply is 400 tons, there is a coalbunker capacity of 1,800 tons. The complement will consist of 175 persons—officers andmen. Good quarters and accommodations have been provided,and all the latest sanitary Improvements will be installed toinsure efficiency and thoroughness in lighting, ventilating,and draining. While the In
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