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ARMORED CRUISER WASHINGTON'S TRIAL. The New York Ship Building Co., Camden, N.-J., is highly gratified over the performance of the armored cruiser Wash- ington on her recent standardization trial over the Owl's Head course. The fastest mile made by the cruiser was 23.29 knots with the tide. The average for the first five runs on full power was 22.408 knots. The maximum number of revo- VOL. AAAI: CLEVELAND, MAY 10. 1806. 4 3 NO. Te. 7 behaved admirably and everything connected with the trial went off without a hitch. The Washington is the first war- ship to be built by the New York Ship Building Co. The officials of the company on board were: President DeCourcy May; Marine Superintendent W. G. Randle; Chief Engineer Luther D. Lovekin; Chief Naval Architect James Donald and Superintendent of Machinery George M. Andrews. As. a STANDARDIZATION TRIAL OF THE ARMORED CRUISER WASHINGTON. Built by New York Ship Building Co., Camden, N. /. lutions of the engines per minute to produce the top speed was 125.93. The number of revolutions to produce the high rates of speed noted was 124.99. Her speed in the four hours trial averaged 22.27 knots at 123.88 revolutions per minute. The Washington was sent fourteen times over the measured mile course at varying speeds. A strong wind was blowing diagonally across the course during the trial. The big ship Copyrighted 1906 by N. L. Stebbins. the contract speed called for 22 knots the performance of the cruiser was in every way gratifying. The leading particulars of the vessel are as follows: Length on load water line, 502 ft.; extreme breadth, 72 ft. 10% in.; mean draught, 25 ft. Her engines are of the four-cylinder triple-expansion type of .23,000 I. ig P. Her main battery comprises four I0-in. guns and sixteen 6-in. rapid fire guns.