Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-09-06 | Page 2 | Battleship to be Largest in World

BATTLESHIP TO BE " LARGEST IN WORLD Dreadnought California to Be First Electrical Vessel Ves-sel of Any Size. NEW YORK, Spt. 6. The new battleship bat-tleship California wtil lie the world's first ele-Hrlr dreadnought and from point of size will be greater than any foreign bat-lleRhip bat-lleRhip built or building. The California und her two Mister whips, the Mississippi and the Idaho, already authorized, will each displace 32.000 toriH. almost one thou-fcand thou-fcand tont more than the new dreadnought Pennsylvania, now on the way to completion. com-pletion. The keel of the California will be laid noon. The California will be a ship of innovations. inno-vations. She will cost $7,800,000 without her armor or armament, which la expected expect-ed to cost as much more. She will have a speed of twenty-one knots an hour, will be feet long. 07 feet across her beams and will draw 30 feet of water. She will carry twelve 14-Inch guns, mounted three abreast In a turret, twenty-two "'-inch rapid-fire, gurll and will have four submerged sub-merged torpedo tubes. The principal feature of the new dreadnought, dread-nought, however, la the machinery for propelling her hy electricity. She will be driven by motors which will deliver electricity elec-tricity made by steam. The navy experts ex-perts believe the electric Installation is cheaper than steam propulsion and reduces re-duces the weight of machinery- The col- lier Jupiter has been so successful with electric machinery that the navy feels Justified In Adapting it to a dreadnought. The model of the California's hull was thoroughly tested In the testing tank at the navy yard here before the radical changes were decided upon. When the new ship Is ready for her first trial trip late In 1017 or 1 91 R she promises a most Interesting study for the naval experts of the world.