. Die Eisenbahn- und Ingenieurzeitschrift . d 3 in. An der Krone. Dieses Deck wird i ft. Über der Wasserlinie mittschiffs und slo]) e bis 5 ft. Unter Wasser bei ihesides. Das Pilothaus, Munition-Hebezeuge, etc., wird bewell protecleil, während die vier 8-in. Rilles ihrer wichtigsten Fledermaus-tery sind in lo-in montiert werden. barbette Türmchen, und die Kanonen der sekundären Batterie werden hinter Schilden von einer durchschnittlichen Dicke von 4 in sein. Die drei Schlachtschiffe, für deren Bau der Secretary der Marine jjroposals innerhalb von 24 Stunden nach der Genehmigung des .Appropriation Hill durch den Präsidenten einlud, werden, wenn FIN

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. The railroad and engineering journal . d 3 in. at the crown. This deck will be i ft. above thewater-line amidships and slo])e to 5 ft. below water at ihesides. The pilot-house, ammunition-hoists, etc., will bewell protecleil, while the four 8-in. rilles of her main bat-tery are to be mounted in lo-in. barbette turrets, and theguns of the secondary battery will be behind shields of anaverage thickness of 4 in. The three battle-ships, for whose construction the Sec-retary of the Navy invited jjroposals within 24 hours afterthe approval ot the .Appropriation Hill by the President, will, when finished, compare very favorably, in armoredprotection and in armament, if not in tonnage, with thelatest constructions in foreign services. The Act of Con-gress, under whose provisions these vessels are to be built, says, that the l^resident is authorized to have constructedby contract three sea-going coast-line battle-ships, de-signed to carry the heaviest armor and most powerful ord-nance upon a displacement of about 8, 500 tons . . and. this type in having a turtle-back deck, and by an arrange-ment of tanks into which water can be admitted, so thather cruising freeboard may, for action, be reduced 3 ft.The arched deck of steel will have a thickness of 3 in. atthe crown, turning downward at the sides to 4 ft. below thefighting-line, and increasing in thickness to 4i in. at theedges. The two lo-in. guns of her main battery will bemounted in a lo-in. roller-base turret. The base of tfleturret will have the further protection of a fi.ed breast-work o( the same thickness. An elliptical Inilkhead oflo-in. armor, rising from the armor-deck, affords protec-tion to the air-pipes, ventilators and ash-hoists. A steelshield will protect her single 6-in. rille. A secondarybattery of rapid-fire guns with a 15-in. pneumatic dynamilegun, and two under-water torpedo-tubes, for firing tor-pedoes by gunpowder impulse, will complete her arma-ment. The armored cruiser, which with her 8, 100 tons dis

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