. The railroad and engineering journal . CRUISER NO. 6 FOR THE UNITED STATES ARMORED CRUISER NEW YORK, FOR THE UNITED STATES NAVY. Vol. LXV, No. 3.] ENGINEERING JOURNAL. 123 when high speed is required. These engines are expectedto develop 16,000 , and to propel the ship at a speedof 20 knots an hour. The coal carried at normal displacement will be joptons; but the ship will be able to carry 1,500 tonsaltogether ; this will give her a cruising endurance of 13,-000 knots, at a speed of 10 knots an hour. THE NEW CRUISER. Protected Cruiser No. 6, which the Union Iron Worksare now build
. The railroad and engineering journal . CRUISER NO. 6 FOR THE UNITED STATES ARMORED CRUISER NEW YORK, FOR THE UNITED STATES NAVY. Vol. LXV, No. 3.] ENGINEERING JOURNAL. 123 when high speed is required. These engines are expectedto develop 16,000 , and to propel the ship at a speedof 20 knots an hour. The coal carried at normal displacement will be joptons; but the ship will be able to carry 1,500 tonsaltogether ; this will give her a cruising endurance of 13,-000 knots, at a speed of 10 knots an hour. THE NEW CRUISER. Protected Cruiser No. 6, which the Union Iron Worksare now building in San Francisco, is a twin-screw pro-tected cruiser, of the following dimensions : Length onload water Ime, 340 It.; extreme breadth, 53 it.; meandraft, 21 ft. 6 in. ; displacement at normal draft, 5,500 tons. This ship has a protective deck 4J in. thick on the slopesand 2 in. on the flat over the machinery space ; 3 in. onthe slopes and 2 in. on the fiat forward and abaft of it. A belt of material 33 in. thick, in coffer-dams extending 4 ft. above and 4 It
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