Show I e I ITO NEWEST WARSHIP TO BE BEL LAUNCHED BELIE IE JUNE 1 19 9 Arizona Is Powerful Addition to U. U S. S Fleet WASHINGTON June 7 The Thc The thirty thirty ninth ninth battleship built for tho the American nav navy since 1892 will tako take tho the water Juno June 19 next when the Arizona slips from the ways at the New York navy yard ar Compared to the first American Ameri Amerl can battleship the Indiana launched In 1893 the Arizona wll be nearly nearl twice as long halt half again as wide and of three times as great displace merit ment t. t Against the Indiana's four thirteen Inch guns and eight eight eight- Inch the Arizona will carry twelve Inch fourteen and two twenty five five- inch rifles the same armament as asher asher asher her sister ship the Pennsylvania recently recently recently re re- re- re launched at Newport News In addition to the great size of the he the new ships ship's main battery batter the guns are of ot 45 46 caliber as against tho the 35 caliber of ot the Indiana's thirteen inch aboard the guns identical with those famous old Oregon which played their part in the battle of ot Santiago With the fourteens of ot the Arizona in her turrets the Ore Oregon on could have haTe halted any anyone one of ot the fleeing Spanish ships almost without leaving leav ing fag her station The Arizona's guns have a range even at the low elevation ele ele- of ot American navy mountings I of oC fifteen miles or more against eight or nine miles mlles for the old thir teens Is Easily Handled I The Arizona will be he the fourth battleship battleship battleship bat bat- built b by the United States Slates I in n its own naV navy yard at New York Tho The others were the Connecticut the Florida and nd tho the super super- dread naught Now York at present one of oi the largest swiftest and most powerful of at American fighting lighting craft Against the New Nev Yorks York's displace displacement ment meat of ot tons however tho the Arizona will displace tons and II will measure feet in length and 97 feet G Inches in ht width She will mount twelve Inch fourteen guns to the tale ten fourteens carried by hy the Texas and the they will be carried three throe I to a turret as aboard the Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania anla Immediately upon the launching of the Arizona the keel of or the navy departments department's greatest experiment in naval construction the electrically driven California will be laid at the New York yard I She will be nearly u a thousand tons heavier than the Arizona although carrying the tho same equipment and arrangement arrangement ar ar- ar of ot guns but is expected to develop greater speed than the twenty one knots desired of or the Ari Arl zona |