Show I Secret of Electric Machinery on US U.S. U. U S. S I Warships Is Told v WASHINGTON Jan Tan 2 Americas America's capital fighting ships of the future will be bo superior to those of other nations because of their electrically driven machinery Secretary Daniels told the house naval committee today in disclosing remarkable able results attained d by the new dreadnought New Mexico equipped with the electric drive which is to be a fe feature ture of all the big ships authorized since 1916 The New Mexico's turboelectric machinery was designed to develop horsepower at full speed and to give the ship a speed of twenty-one twenty knots She Sire actually developed more than horsepower Mr Daniels said and maintained for four hours a speed of twenty one and one- one quarter knots and this when running at a displacement 1000 tons greater I than her design called for If she had been tried at her designed displacement she would have made knots without any trouble whatever and what is still better she could have o I kept ept up this speed as long as all her fuel lasted She is an anoil anoil anoil oil burner and thero would be no reduction in speed due duo to the necessity of cleaning fires The secretary said fuel economy at cruising speed had been one of the things sought In substituting electric drive for the ordinary turbine equipment And I am happy to say he added that this requirement also was met met As a matter of fact the New Mexico will steam at ten knots on about 25 26 per cent less fuel than the best turbine driven ship that preceded preceded pre pre- ceded her |