. The railroad and engineering journal . ns^include $30,000 ?;for testing the and armored protection are greatly increased, and thequarters of officers and crew made far more comfortableand roomy than originally proposed. No changes are made in the principal dimensions, whichare as follows : Length on load line, 291 ft. ; breadth, ex-treme. 60 ft. i| in. ; mean draft, 18 ft. 24 in. ; displace-ment, 6,060 tons ; tons per inch, The change consists in substituting for the four in roller-base turrets, four 12-in. guns in barbetteturrets, and instead of the hurricane-deck a supers
. The railroad and engineering journal . ns^include $30,000 ?;for testing the and armored protection are greatly increased, and thequarters of officers and crew made far more comfortableand roomy than originally proposed. No changes are made in the principal dimensions, whichare as follows : Length on load line, 291 ft. ; breadth, ex-treme. 60 ft. i| in. ; mean draft, 18 ft. 24 in. ; displace-ment, 6,060 tons ; tons per inch, The change consists in substituting for the four in roller-base turrets, four 12-in. guns in barbetteturrets, and instead of the hurricane-deck a superstructureis built between the barbette-turrets. The axes of the 12-in. guns are 10 ft. 6 in. above thewater, which will permit their being fought in much heav-ier weather than was possible with the roller-base revolving parts of the turn-tables, the hydraulic turning them, and the loading and elevatinggear of these guns will be protected by fixed barbetteshaving steel armor 14 in. thick backed by 87in. of
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