Show REVOLUTION IN NAVAl CONSTRUCTION CAME AlONG IN 1 1906 An event that happened haPpen d In 1 1005 05 changed the whole hole naval al situation It tt I made ob obsolete olet all fighting hips chips then I afloat and led to the reconstruction recon of I navies This event ent was as the launching I of ot th the tho British battleship Dread naught The rhe concentrated Its Us lighting power upon the heaviest possible guns instead of or a miscellaneous assortment as as- it had simply ten ton Inch 12 guns Its displacement 1 tons was larger than n that of or any other battleship then afloat Its Us armor protection much greater more moro Important still It Jl had a a. greater creater speed Up to that timo tho the average battleship battleship bat bat- contented Itself with Ith t 8 seventeen enteen or 01 eighteen knots the could make mako twenty one A Il fleet et of ot could casU easily destroy de do- stroy troy any battleship squadron that had existed up to that t time Its speed peed gave gae It the power po-er to choose tho the place and time of battle roUle and also If It necessary to keep without tho the range of the enemy's guns Its heavy armament enabled It t to outrange tho th ol old stYle ship and to Inflict mulct grea greater tOl damage The Tho nation that pos pos- possessed Bossed a 3 considerable fleet of or dread dread- therefore easily rules the waves wa There Thore are r really ally t two o t types pes of or dread dread- naught the naught tho battleship and the crul cruiser er drea This latter ship Is known as the battle battlo cruiser Like the u ht Its hea heavy battery cop coo d of oC ill all big guns uns like lIko It It lt It had a great displacement displacement ent tons It differed dif dlf- differed only In that It had not quite QuIt eo so many bl big guns guns eight eight instead of or ten ten ten- and hid bad much thinner armor It sacrificed itself in these t two o details In order that It t might attain a much gr greater ater speed t twenty seven ent en to twenty eight knots Tho naval authorities u use e a a. generic name to de describe these two tt dread types dread dread- and battlo battle cruisers are Known knoW as capital ships If It we with ish I h to estimate tho the fighting qualities of ot an any na navy therefore there there- fore the one important question Is this How many capital ships d does s It possess possess' pos poe sees sess' sess Th These so capital capita ships and these only are ships of or the line ships line ships that constitute the first b battle line On July I 1 1 1911 the office of naval na In Intelligence Intelligence In- In at Washington published a broadside showing shot the relative naval strength of or the great naval powers Eng Em- land had twenty nine built and s seventeen building a total of oC forty six Germany had seventeen built and eleven build building I nit a total toW of ot twenty eight The United States had eight built and four tour building a total of twelve France had four afloat and eight In progress of or construction a total of or twelve Japan had four tour built and Ix eix building a total of ot ten Russia Rusi-Ia did not possess a a. single capital ship though sho she had eleven cleven building building- or authorized Assuming that in these six first cl class s powers a all the e ships are armed with the same efficiency a a. child can easily figure put out Just where ere we e stand In July of oC this ear veer En England land and aM Germany Ger Ger- many PO ro o far tar outclassed us that only na- na n insanity In would have hav-e i forced rc d- d us us l Into to war ar against t them On the other hand hanri we ve so 50 Ct considerably outclassed outclassed Franco Franco France and annd J Japan elver that 8 a naval al engagement with cither power power must aim almost necessarily rend end In n our orld r a Work York tor for February |