Report Of The Secretary Of The Navy Being Part Of The Message Of Documents Communicated To The Two Houses Of Congress At The Beginning Of The Second Session Of The Forty Second Congress

Author : United States Navy
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331224122
Total Pages : 580 pages
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Download or read book Report of the Secretary of the Navy, 1884, Vol. 1 of 2 written by United States Navy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report of the Secretary of the Navy, 1884, Vol. 1 of 2: Being Part of the Message and Documents Communicated to the Two Houses of Congress at the Beginning of the Second Session of the Forty-Eighth Congress Sir: Of the new unarmored steel cruisers - the Chicago, of tons, the Boston and Atlanta, of tons each, and the Dolphin, of tons - authorized by Congress as an increase of the Navy, only the last has been completed. The Dolphin 18 a dispatch-steamer, to be armed with one 6-inch mod ern rifled gun and six Hotchkiss cannon. Her keel was laid Octo ber 15, 1883, and she was launched at Chester, Pa., April 12, 1884. At the preliminary contract trial on November 20, to test the machinery, while at a displacement Of tons, 221 tons less than the load dis placement, she developed a speed of sixteen knots per hour, and an engine power of horses; and she fully meets the expectations of her designers and ot' the Department. A fracture of her shaft delays the formal acceptance from the contractor. After receiving her arma ment and stores, she will undergo a further trial in Narragansett Bay, under the system lately adopted by the Department. The cruisers Boston and Atlanta are well advanced in all their parts. The Atlanta was launched October 9, with a displacement at launching draft of tons, and the Boston is ready for launching. The steel boilers of both vessels are completed and the machinery is now being fitted. The keel of the cruiser Chicago was laid December 15, 1883. Up to November 22, 1884, tons of material had been worked into her hull, and she may be considered, in both hull and machinery, as being seven-tenths completed. The Naval Advisory Board has in the course of its duties inspected and tested about tons Of mild steel for the new vessels. It has been shown that our steel-makers can readily furnish this excel lent structural material ia large quantities, and its high quality has been assured by the tests adopted. The experience gained in these tests will, it is hoped, be made of permanent value to the Navy and to the manufacturers through the report of the Board. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.