Show battleship PLAUS PLANS report and recommendations by the tha board of batteries n washington aahl neton june 13 11 the report of 0 the board of 0 batteries on battleships of which admiral walker Is president president denz has been handed to the navy department the report shows shown that the board considered with much care and in great detail tile the whole subject of 0 battleships tle ships As a result ot of this investigation it it le commends 0 slightly different s ship hip with a somewhat different arrangement ot of battery biorn om any ally which has been heretofore built while speaking very verr favorably ot of tho the superimposed turret as do designed signed for the ke ar sarge and the K kentucky r the board does not recommend installing moro more turrets of 0 this description until experiments with the two ships named haie bae demonstrated their utility tho the hull recommended for the ship ii 1 lije he that of tho the Near kearsarge sarge and kentucky but so modified as to be similar in many respects to the It iowa iNva the main battery recommended Is composed of four 13 inch and fourteen 6 inch guns so arranged as a to lire two 13 inch and tour four 6 inch guns ahead two 13 inch and two anch fi directly astern and tour four 13 inch and seven 6 inch broadside it Is believed by the dep department artmont that tho the ship outlined as above will be on all improvement upon tiny any yet built in this country the secretary of the navy has haa approved the general Rene iAl features of the report of the board ind directed the plans taken up without delay the secretary has already decided upon all the preliminary steps |