Show SHIPS ws TOO BIG FOR U. U S. S CANAL i Locks Lock at P Panama To Too oo Sn Small al 1 to Pass Blister Type TlC r r M r r n of Vessel Lf t i t J Washington March 19 British 19 British at adt ad- ad 1 t b experiments with the of ot blister construction to capital ship ships v mines and antI torpedoes s fO for defense a against ate ace being watched hero here with Uh particular Interest it was learned learnd at the thc nav navy deI department de de- I toda today because f if it tho to 5 lit at Hon tion should prove desirable to follow American designers would bo be confront- confront cd etl b by a difficult problem In tho limita- limita J t jr imposed by time the Panama canal it H locks Th The term blister Is applied to the time light steel teel pontoons built bunt by br the Brit Brit- ish ash the sides of ot monitors use used d during the war of off the Bel Belgian lan coast These These- were In effect out board air chambers chamber projecting about eight feet reet on each side The Tho results were ero good enough h tot toi to i t warrant British designers In trying out outI similar devices to for large ships The Tho speed of ot tho ship so BO equipped Is necessarily sullY cut down but with tho the tho loss was only halt half a 3 knot mot and with witha I a a. battleship b not more than a g knot ot of other her ber maximum speed Is 15 expected to be beThe lost The canal lock restrictions res are already al all already al- al ready Teady being approached by naval ex experts ox- ox l ports perta tore here in considering considerIng- the dimensions dimen cruis cruls- of ot the tho proposed composite er The locks are arc I feet teet and the tentative plans 10 for a a. CiO 00 ton tan composite call for tot a e vessel sel self moro more than feet teet lon long long- and with ith a abeam abeam abeam beam of ot probably leaving leaving- only two f clearance on either side Blisters Busters could be used on such a a. easel UBel or even on the largest existing oit t t. t and still sUll permit them to pass A the canal only If It some un scheme schema could be worked out |