Show WAR DICTIONARY f i BATTLESHIP and CRUISER CRUISER The Tho cruiser Is le less lew t heavily armored than tho battleship and carries tower fewer ower guns It Is built primarily toe for speed and for tor or keeping tho time sea eca ca a n. longer time than the thc battle battle- ship Hence It tt hiss has greater coal capacity In a modern conflict t tho the cruisers are arc especially valuable to turn or hold the enemy until unlit the slower slow battleships can como coma up I IThe The Tho is us the tho most moot modern typo of or battleship It Il has been evolved l sluice since I 1005 O In accordance with 11 lessons learned In lii tho the Russo Japanese war nr It ItIs ItIs Itla Is la a battleship more heavily armored tharD ever eyel rt carrying AS s a n. rule rUIt big gun gull un bat bat- cries only with Ith tho the exception o of ot small guns ns for tor repelling torpedo boat attacks attack ami am It Is capable of oC making vcr very high speed The flue superstructure Is mu much h shorter than han on tho battleships of ot fifteen yeni's ago A distinctive feature of or the ht to a layman's eye eo la Is th the thelong long low stern the entire after atter half halt of ot tho the main deck being clear of or but gun un turrets J SUBMARINE and SUBMERSIBLE SUBMERSIBLE- The Tilt former 1 is the general name for lot a torpedo boat which Is in capable of ar navigating navi Fa gating ling entirely under water ater The Tho latter hatter Is IS tho nar name narve e for Cor tho ho particular type of which can travel fo for tor distances of or several hundred miles on out the surface under m or I gasoline and then diva dive below behave when it is time to go IO go into action electric motors being used The submarine submarine sub sub- marine proper is usually a smaller craft croft with electric motor only and find hen hence e with witha iltha a small range e of or action and useful chiefly on en tho the defense The submersible is equally valuable in offensive action |