. Campaigns of Wheeler and his cavalry 1862-1865 from material furnished by Gen. J. Wheeler, to which is added his ... account of the Santiago campaign of 1898 .. . - had steelwater-line belts 315 feet long, 5% feet broad, and from 10 to 12 inches two turrets on each ship were constructed of 9-inch steel. The gun po-sitions of the broadside guns were protected by armor io>^ inches thick,and the deck-plating was three inches thick. In armor these ships were farsuperior to our armored cruisers J\>h; York and Brooklyn. The Brooklynsthickest belt armor is 7 inches thick, and on the
. Campaigns of Wheeler and his cavalry 1862-1865 from material furnished by Gen. J. Wheeler, to which is added his ... account of the Santiago campaign of 1898 .. . - had steelwater-line belts 315 feet long, 5% feet broad, and from 10 to 12 inches two turrets on each ship were constructed of 9-inch steel. The gun po-sitions of the broadside guns were protected by armor io>^ inches thick,and the deck-plating was three inches thick. In armor these ships were farsuperior to our armored cruisers J\>h; York and Brooklyn. The Brooklynsthickest belt armor is 7 inches thick, and on the gun positions the thickestis 8 THK FALL OF SANTL\GO—GKNHRAL TORAL SURRENDERING TOGENERAL vSHAETER IN THE GOVERNORS PALACE. THE SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN. T,T, This trio of cruisers carried heavy armaments. In turrets, fonvard andaft, each ship mounted ii-inch breech-loading rifles. In addition, eachmounted ten 5j!^-inch guns. The Oquendo Maria Teresa 5>^-inch guns■were Hontoria guns, but the Vizcaya had rapid-fire guns. Each ship carrieda number of small guns, and was equipped with six torpedo-tubes. Spainhad trouble in buying torpedoes before the war opened—the country has nofacilities for making torpedoes—and it is doubtful if the ships in Santiagode Cuba harbor were adequately equipped with torpedoes. The Cristobal Colon was one of the newest ships in the Spanish was built in Sestri Potente by the Italian government, and launched in1896. Her name was then the Giuseppe Garibakli II., replacing a previousship of that name. Spain paid several million dollars for her, and namedher the Cristobal Colo
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