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Show Gigantic Dreadnaughts, That Can Fight ' - Zi&e Floating Forts and Dive Like nf HT .;; ..v Dncfes Mien Necessary, to Take the fe I - 1 J I " " " Place of Power- V K fAA'n J r ful but I JL.nftMr -4,,t c-s ""-r Vulnerable 1 V-V Snips or t I ... . ji ; r - fe 1 ' nOSH, HATCH. I I QjTfp1' A V C , WT"' V " - The Size of the Proposed Submarine Battleship iri Compari- forward 7jl L'9 " ,V- HfA tLN?1" " J" fTZZS son to the Present Day Submarine Boat. 5CflF- CJ jf t t KUJ Hi HE Increasing number of sue combustion type of engine is being If z t ffl J , 2 I ' W.V. 9 hS'V E - T . , - 9 ppssfullv destructive attacks so developed that It can be conven- s If Jr- ; . - J. , . - i-C Vi fV ?l-f iLi-ajjJ-- 5 cessfulls destructive attach jentiy employed for both purposes AS II ' JrW-,i"i ,t A, ' 1 - , 7 k? aA. JSI by German submarines upon Qn )mportan't convenience, as com- tV JK ' - C"" " i r - . t J TjlyAroro li 5 - j British warships has brought to a pared with the present mechanical raffil-? IK S ? ' " . '4" YIhaKWO I J practical head the long-discussed arrangements for submarine boats. IJ-rJI ' f V 1 ' "ft- " 7 l V JsTORAOZ BATTEKltS rrrrr- fm theoretical question whether it was The latter are now equipped with U 'BC'd, f Vf - ' T vf . , , .. , . powerful oil engines of the LV la rfw2i-,--- HwI5 1 ' - 2. g the destiny of the underwater boat kind for ruislng, and scwr-J - iW-gZF -St - - ' 'j to supercede the floating ship. ai50 with electric engines r - Qi r-T ' v f i ' , . " England, Germany and France are for employment under water. mWfSMSf4f v h f ! " yaiHCHttCCtDMOGUNS J ' understood to be so certain that the c,ic enf es are con- 55 ' ' fT S o are experimenting with plans of the ... Pf: SCOPS OOn-vS'm 14 .i?if - ,f - J i "j 14- ' r ' J 12 JfteH PCPED1NGGV. f 3 j only thing that can remedy the faults plSiT J JL STt'S, ? -II T'' H L ' rf hi ' of the submarine and maintain the -SS&'ri J $4 V 'STV' X?3"!! X i virtues of the battlesbip-and that J4tMM&Wf lf MHPt 1 JV 1AfS' "f ST viAX "Jlf X f I ' !s a submarine battleship. The JWMFM- f I United States is actually building a . 13. sCH KzcD60m$ llT-i'fSLI -IjC fe -C C - Tl - rtLV 'ST? super-submarine which to all intents 5yW. . TOWJIp.lt O &L'j&5&? i and purposes is really a submarine 1 Lp,rrrreffr5 eB i torpedo boat. It will be 265 feet ffttf3 l4f SlfSN-l f f'vfe JPHCjf -gSTOtAOE 8ATTEKi8 J Jong 100 feet longer than the long- JtWPnn SJ&WWS SSJBX&s:-"' 1 'V'-i-'l' A Sectional rlew of tke heavy prutectimc armor of tk est submarine existing. ' J 4 K?SrN " g. ' J .li m.Sr' jf-' srofSGAKffS. Pronoird lulimarlDr, nllh the porlboit open mi pin . War, both on land and sea, has , JW-Aif Pfif2?& " ZA V" J - "f-S"- 4 lraW become largerly, a matter of conceal- 1p65s" .VS; 'X ' tj, 7 " ,n n -ectioual view abowlnt the sun drann bark Into tha ment. The submarine boat is almost jM'yif-M fl -V , " ' , S " , .oil .d porthole rloaed v.tl. ,.,r..t or wrke 100 per cent perfect in this respect, - hjSfttr UT'. , N," X4 " y ' 81NCH RECEDING GUNS. auiumntlrnliy with the receding of the w illgK; r-, A r I ,:.--VV- ' K' v V ' How the Ouick-Firing Gun T I-' - ':':-E -CMr r- C-v , Mounted on the Deck of " 'VWMWWW A . . t Submarines Now Used : . "s"00 , - V"'1 " s byaFore.gnNation. ' ' v-5WyAs- DIagramrflat;c ,t y;ffiipxrr i2fbV; X I . - N Plan Showing the ,., , -zHu i tL-ji K A fldlBS masts, earchlights t , CWIrS8EDAtRTAHK Shape and Essen- t1,, Srj& -r.aw, X signal, etc The small boate could ' ' ' 1A tia, rarts of the Po,.,ble New Sub- h I -J1U . . M tlfe Ih Ho t y :&'3 shafts of the oil en- els of To-day. ' J ' fi1 4 "? -r- 4f- ' tj lookouts an4 puncipallj this huge V -'MT gines, so that, when ' X 7 U " I"" I XT. ,fV F t.attlptp vould hae thP adantae V Krf-S-'&yVC-:'j ' high cruising speed f v. k , I f ! of diappearlng beneath th water S . at the surface is de- WSh 1 'At? X " ' Y ' wi en it . being overtaken by ships V113 sired the electric described method will be V tfrf ' ' C.1 " 1 -A- J J of the enem , , , , mrS Dd D sed for stowing a three inch quick !!UPf TH' fif " "Jfi Vtffei f The large drawing on this pagn Its faults are its slowness under motors can be used toge her Bring gun on the deck of the huge lS 7 fr M f - V'O IctH1 hows what such a submarine bat- I water as compared to the speed of When the problem of the internal- ssajoi supersubmarine which, re M ' .v'it V , f H" JAi V tie hip v.ould look like The most the surface ships; its limited range combustion engine has been so far , provided for by Congress Is V S ' LJtJZ "IJ I J I ? & notable future of .his new boat is of activity due to its limited fuel worked out as to render it available V process of construction for - , Lt- rf " 1. , x 7-l i A' absence of funnels, military masts, capacity; its instability in anything for both purposes on submarines, it the Tjnited States Navy The same i , cranes and many other deck fWtlngs but moderately calm sea and its in- can be utilized in like fashion for the ia true 0f Uie maata for thl remark- iik JZZ it? 'Ss-'l W which indentifles the present (lav bat .ability to effectively operate at night, submersible battleship. Such engines aWe craftj which are nmge(j at the '1 , Jg ( "if j " ,. j y , tleship In the picture sections of On the other hand, given favorable will be in effect automobile engines foot arid collapsible- V f -- V ( the deck hae been removed to sh w conditions, one torpedo from the sub- of huge size and great power. For some time past the submarine ' , ' . " ! i the princlDal Intenul workings of the marine can destroy the mightiest of ft remains to iletermine-ir, one has bgen stea(iil assuming a greater v . . (, 1$.'f A.. jT ...... . . future monster submarine with tbe floating ships. should rather say, to surmise-what reSemblance to the destrov-r and YV M rv-' canons parts lettered to give th- ' The type of war vessel which the structural modifications a battleship u. even. v - & , "4 V .p!". J x f reader an idea of the mam different i cations are seeking is therefore a would require in order to render it threatens f - CI;,1"' " ' ' I L' ' - details contained in the new subma- I submersible battleship; a dread- conveniently submersible, apart from tQ .p " 1 t sn 4 jf .ine battleship. Along with having naught heavily armored and formkl- the arrangements for rising out ot the func. - s v s' , ' ' the same armament of the present 1 eblv gunned, of speed equal to the the sea or sinking beneath the Uons of . . - ' &- - , - , " day battleship, it will, as mentioned, fastest war veBsel of the present, with waves, by taking in water or pump- the latter. I 4 j .1 VJV, "' "t have the full underwater equipment. capacity to cover as many miles of ing it out again. Some naval pT-' , ,nil ..r- - , kv-. " A boat of this type may bo used eaasadreadnaught; able to flght on- Contrivances for making the deck experta g0 h'sSSi-'MmZ .. J with telling effect on coast cities and the surface if necessary, just as the openings including hatches and tur- fap aa saE;g - destroy naval stations, likewise fleets dreadnaught does, yet capable also of rets water-tight are not matters of tQ expresa rtt5gftSs , of small warcraft. It may also ba Inking at will beneath the water any difficulty. Riddance will be had the opinj0n ' - - ' Interior View ot the rirst Class German Submarine, used to explode submarine mines by thus gaining concealment while con- of smoke-pipes by the use of inter- that before :siJg1i; " ci,., thf Motors and Dvnamos and Shaftin? ,he concu8i!,on caRP(J oy the explo-tinulng explo-tinulng to flght with torpedos. Just nal-combustion engines. Tha masts long lt wlu I " I Showing the Motor, ana uynamo. and Sftatting Sion of a volley of torpedos disss dis-ss a submarine does. In other words suporting wireless apparatus will be render the c,H,.Qh, paPtV Suhmerasd for tIu5 Twln Screw. charged in the neighborhood of Urn a war vessel which shall be able to hinged at the foot, perhaps, so as to d e s t rover Diagram Showing How New Battleship, Partly buomergsa, minos. It is hard to anticipate Just, operate on the surface or under the fall along the superstructure. But, ob80iete. Will Offer Only a Small Target to an Enemy. euccessors will be compelled to seek of that class with from GOO to 1,000 r" wnftt this huge agent of death would waves as circumstances may render it will be said, what can be done originally f themselves in hiding, as cent more efficiency In torpedo equip- do in actual combat, but we may lt advisable. " with the guns? designed for , thelr on her 6e(.x s0 that they can be do the submarines, under water. ment. It. could have a compartment well consider, judging from perform-A perform-A battleship constructed on prln- This is a feature of the problem use In " harbor : minted in any direction, whereas or- submarine battleship would for submarine mines, with a hatch ances of our present day submarines, ciples of the kind would, of course, more simple than might be supposed, near neighborhood it has Xary torpedo tubes are fixed, and hate all the features of both types for placing them in the path of a that the next step in naval construe . demand important modifications, as They can be made so as to be drawn Tlver theToat has to be turned to aim Cloned. As a submarine it would pursuing enemy. As a surface bat- .or , w,U be the submarine battle-! battle-! comnared with the surface fighting back into tie hull, much in the same marine of the U clasa ha3 be. thenu m effect' these pivoted tubes have all the advantages of the boats tleship it would still have the regular t-hip. craft of to-dav; but they would not way aB the present type of disappear- two hundred ec lons . Qe. Qra whlch discharge torpedos n I be so many, or so difficult of accom-! accom-! plishment, as might at first glance be supposed. The diagrammatic illustration of such a submersible battleship printed on this page shows Its essential parts. The main problem would be solved by rendering the vessel water-tight, and providing her with an arangement for taking water into compartments and pumping it out again, -as is done . in the case of the submarine to-day. . How the guns aboard of her might he protected against injury by water will presently be explained. : The submersible battleship will not necessarily be obliged to use two different means of propulsion one ' for surface voyaging and the other I. for subsurface travel as docs the ! : marine of te-day. The internal- pearlng guns now ueu uy C artlllerv. The same machinery wtilcn draws 'back the guns can be used by means of cogwheels and pinionr to automatically close the portholes with a cover resembling the breach block of a large run, in which case a quarter-turn will make it absolutely absolute-ly water-tight Lest this expedient be deemed to fanciful, mention may be here made of the method now used by a foreign nation for stowing a three-inch quick-firing quick-firing gun on the de-k of the submarine. sub-marine. The gun is made to disappear disap-pear in a pocket in the deck, using the same principle as a typewriter Is overturned into and concealed within the familiar kind of desk made for the purnose. Water-tight steel hatches are then boltel -over them. signed to accompany squadrons of battleships. To keep up with the battleship it must have speed. Accordingly, the newest submarines imitate the destroyers de-stroyers in shape, and are provided with engines of no less than 5,000 horsepower. The supersubmarine now building for the United States navy will be 265 feet long (the biggest big-gest craft of this type at present in our service being only 165 feet in length), with a displacement of 1,000 tons, and the cruising speed required of her will be twenty knots an hour. She will cost 51,300.000. To all intents and purposes this vessel is a submersible destroyer. She will he provided with ten torpedo tjjiO?nur -o them mounted on piv- instead of shells. Hatchways are provided pro-vided at each end of the craft, through which, for reloading, the torpedo projectiles can be raised with the help of machinery for hoisting hoist-ing and handling. This supersubmarine supersubma-rine will have a cruising radius of 7,000 miles, or can travel 3,500 miles under water without renewing her fuel Bupply. The submersible destroyer being already an accomplished fact, why is it not easy to conceive of submersible submer-sible cruisers and battleships? Such craft, if they arrive, will owe their creation not to choice, but to necessity. neces-sity. If (as Sir Percey Scott predicts) the battleships of present day pattern pat-tern are destined to be driven from the seas bv submarine boaU. their |