The U. 8. armoured cruisers Califerriis, Colorado, Maryland and South Dakots, which are now lying outside Woosang Spit Buoy, are each of 13,680 tons' displacement, with dimensions of 502 ft. la length, 694 ft. in breadth, and 244 ft, draught, The Califoraia sod the South Dakota were Inuoched at San Francisco in 1904 and completed in 1907 and each has an indicated horse-power of 23,000 and an armament consisting of four 8 in., fourteen 6-in., eighteen 3-in. gans, twelve three-pounders, eight one-pounders, eight machine gans and two guns of lighter call The Colorado, of 26,837 indicated horse-power, was launched at Philadelphia in 1903 and completed in 1905, and the Maryland, of 28,059 indicated horse-power, was launched at Newport News in 1903 and also completed in 1905. Each has an armament of four 8-in., fourteen 3-in, gans, twelve three-pounders, eight. here|one-pounders, eight machine and two light gans. "Each of the four vessels has s speed of 22 knots and carries a complement of 829 men,
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