Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1898 — Ru sia’s American-Built Warships, [ARTICLE]

Ru sia’s American-Built Warships,

Some details have been made public concerning two war vessels that are to be constructed in Philadelphia for th© Russian Government that should be studied by our naval authorities and •the naval committees of Congress. The largest vessel is to be a battleship of 12,700 tons displacement, which must maintain a speed of eighteen knots an hour for twelve consecutive hours, with all coal, ammunition and stores on beard. Speed ffiust be maintained with ordinary draught, and the coal, ammunition and stores will be greater by 50 per cent, than those carried on any vessel outside of Russia. The other vessel, a cruiser, will have a displacement of 6,500 tons, a speed of twentytwo knots an hour for twelve consecptlve hours, and a parrying capacity of 50 per cent, more stores of all kinds than has ever been put into a warship. These vessels will be far superior to any hitherto designed for our navy, and will embody *all the lessons taught by Sampson’s fight with Cervera.