Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1894 — UNITED STATES SHIP “CINCINNATI.” [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

UNITED STATES SHIP “CINCINNATI.”

Built at a cost of $1,100,000, exclusive of armament. Every bit of material used in her is of American manufacture. Her principal dimensions are: Length, 300 feet; extreme width, 42 feet; main draught, 18 feet; displacement, 3,183 tons. The engines are of the vertical triple expansion type, indicating 10,000 horse power, which will develop a speed of nineteen knots per hour. Her armament consists of one 6-inch breechloading rifle and ten 5-inch breech-loading rifles in the main battery. The secondary battery consists of six machine guns and six torpedo tubes. The torpedoes used will be of American manufacture.