NAVY
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Under Construction — Continued
Guns
Dis-
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Speed
Guns
(Sec-
Year
place- ment
Type
Hull
I. H. P.
1 ro- pul-
in Knots
(Main Bat-
ond- ai'y
(tons)
sion
per Hour
tery)
Bat- tery)
Bailev (No. 21)
235
Torpedo boat
Steel
5,000
T. S.
30.
a 2
4
Hagley (No. 24)
1C7
Steel
T. S.
28.
aii
3
Barnev (No. 25)
107
Steel
T. S.
2S.
(f.i
3
Biddle (No. 2t!)
1()7
Steel
T. S.
2S.
aS
3
Blakely (No. 27)
1G5
Steel
8,000
T. S.
20.
a'i
3
l)e Long (No. 28)
105
Steel
3,000
T. S.
20.
aS
3
Nicholson (No. 2l»)
174
Steel
T. S.
20.
«3
8
O'Brien (No. 3t))
174
Steel
T.S.
20.
aS
8
Shubrick (No. 81)
105
Steel
3,000
T. S.
20.
u3
3
Stockton (No. 8-J)
105
Steel
3,000
T.S.
20.
o3
3
Thornton (No. 33)
105
Steel
3,000
T.S.
20.
«3
3
Tinge V (No. 34)
105
Steel
3,000
T. S.
20.
aS
3
Wilkes (No. 35)
105
Steel
3,000
T. S.
20.5
«3
3
a Torpedo tubes.
The effective navy, including all vessels in service and under c6nstruc- tion, consists of: —
First-class battleships Second-class battleship Armored cruisers Armored ram . Double-turreted monitors Steel single-turret monitors Iron single-turret monitors Protected crui.sers Protected cruisers sheathed with
wood ....
In addition to the above there Submarine torpedo boat "Wood torpedo boat . Captured in Spanish-American
war ....
Iron cruising vessels . Wooden cruising vessels . Sailing vessels .
12 1 2 1 (3 4 13 13
are 1
Unprotected cruisers . Gunboats . . . . Liglit-draft gunboats . Composite gunboats . Training ship (Naval Acade- my)
Special class Torpedo-boat destroyers Steel torpedo boats
Real effective navy .
3 9 3 6
1
2
16
35
129
Tugs
Wooden steam vessels unfit
for sea service . Wooden sailing vessels unfit
for sea service .
Aggregate number of vessels in regular navy
The auxiliary navy during the Spanish war consisted of : —
1
G
14
11
6 60
189
Mercliant vessels converted into
auxiliary cruisers . . .11 Converted yachts . . .28 Converted tugs . . . .27 Steamers converted into colliers 19
Special class Revenue cutters . Light-house tenders United States Fish Commis- sion
17
15
4
Total number of vessels in auxiliary navy . . . 123 Aggregate of all vessels in the United States navy . 312
The number of vessels in the auxiliary navy, as given above, is being rapidly reduced as their services can be dispensed with.
It will be noticed that in the classification by rates the type of war- vessels is given as " first-class battleship," "second-class battleship,"
- ' armored cruiser," etc. The classification by rates is on tonnage, for
