Show I I I LI DREADNOUGHT TO BE M MANNED NNED TARS BY-TARS fARS OF 0 OWN OWN WN STATE I 4 A I Ii i 4 4 44 4 Mr k-eyS k N. N T. T Tire The The nought Tennessee which has Jias Just jUI us been placed in commission at the tho Brooklyn navy yard and which will make snake her fIrst cruise In August Is tho the greatest ship in tho the United States navy nAY She SheI I is 18 over o tons displacement and has hus a speed of or 21 knots or over 24 land miles The Tho Tenn Tennessee has the unique distinction of being tho the only ship In tho the American na navy to be bo manned exclusively by men from a sin sin- I state state and and that is tho the State of Tennessee The Tho T e Is IA equipped with the tho tt very latest appliances in tn the annals of ot great ship construction She Sho carries tw twelve lve Inch 14 caliber 50 rapid fire rifles so o mounted In the four triple be elevated ele ole gun un turrets that the tho pieces can cun sufficiently sufficient them a a. range of or more than thun yards A high naval ordnance authority recently re recently re- re said There Is 13 no armor coat today that cannot be bo pierced by a Hinch 14 H- Inch gun sun at rifle dUG range And It has been pointed out by competent nt authority author author- ity that tho the great guns of or this mighty ship will bore boro their way and unde- unde formed at that through fourteen inches of or steel at a distance of ot yards ards and burst behind the tho barrier with tt tremendous destruction It would be possible for tho the T Tennessee aeo to concentrate concentrate concentrate con con- every ono one of her master weapons one ons on a a given object on either r side Bide of at her bet and and- anda a 1 single salvo from her main battery Y weighs a total ot of or p p. p pounds s. s bo some mo tees idea e may on l v o i mv amount of stores o wh which h t the Crow Crew 1 of f th the tho new ow battler will wUl be required to place on board from the following She will carry 1200 i Inch 4 projectiles each ench shell weighing about 1400 pounds To fire each shell about pounds or of f powder BO so she will wUl carry over pounds of ot powder When sho she Is ready rendy for tor s sea sta 1 the thc Tenn Tennessee ss a will take tako takeover takeover over or pounds of ot beet beef and other fresh meats pounds of or potatoes and other vegetables pounds of ot flour pounds of ot butter nod and tons and tons of ot sugar coffee tea soup coup canned cam fruits and thousands of oC Bulb of ot clothes underwear hats 1 that 1 shoes hoes and a IL thousand go o to snake make up II tho the comfort kits of or tho lads from tram the sunny south south- Tho The supplies supplies sup sup- plies piles will doubtless be placed on board in good fashion for tor tho the men comprising ing IDS her complement probably have the boat best record in the nav navy for any one ODe aggregation aggregation ag ag- of or lads who have gone gon through tho the naval training station at Newport It H. L Of at the 86 who went through in a a. single Ringle day only one of or ortho tho the entire lot fell teU by tho the wayside The only timers old In her crew will b bUle be bethe bethe the Ule many continuous service men who cave requested duty on the named med after their state Captain Leigh h is very enthusiastic over tho the prospects of ot his hiD new command and is anxious to show tb the other states of or the union that this unique plan of or enlistment can be worked out |