d and aft, and the fourteen 6-inch guns are mounted in a central broadside battery Armor: Belt, 5 inches; turrets, 9 inches to 5 Displacement, 14,500 tons. Speed, 22 knots. and in casemates, ten of the guns on the gun deck and Four 10-inch 40-caliber guns ; sixteen 6-inch 50 cali- four on the main… … The “Des Moines,” of which we present an illustration, built by the Fore River Company, made 16.6 knots Armor: Belt, 4 inches ; topsides, 4 inches ; deck, Displacement, 9,500 tons. Speed, 22 knots. on her trials. She carries a maximum supply of 700 flat, 2 inches; slopes, 3 inches. tons of coal,…
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