Show NAVY NAV R 8 I rp The now type ype of platforms platforms' form or 1 rafts ft I Ifor I for th the bearing beall of tho the ta targets at which h the United States battleships r lire in I practice are arc of very ver solid sold and nd formidable formidable formidable able construction They Ther arc are feet iu lu length and ten feet wide wid having in an upper upper up up- lP per part or deck built buil of heavy square strongly ly bolted to together The bottom part par or keel consists of an i im im- im immense mense mense steel tank r resembling to some omo extent tho the fin fn of a racing yacht Th This s stank tank is is s filled with pi pig iron iron ironto to to overcome the great groat resistance the tle target screens offer ofer to the win wind Tho Phio screens four in ru number arc arp suspended e de from frn masts r ris- ris LUM LUJ IL LV u i it L I jive li i ijo IC in ftp October r Popular Mechanics show the rafts under construction id ad tho method of launching |