Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-06-11 | Page 17 | U. S. S. pennsylvania Most Fowerful Warship Afloat

VIS U. U S S. S Pennsylvania Most Mosi Powerful Warship Afloat Af When When the newspapers announced a short time ago that the trials of the tile now new United States Pennsylvania run on the tile official course off ote Rockland Me had ad proved that the Ule vessel fulfilled her various contract requirements few readers perhaps realized that the tho United States had come Into possession of the biggest and most powerful warship afloat Only one navy the Japanese possesses pos pos' possesses today a s whose broadside nearly equals that of the tho Pennsylvania The Japanese vessel the Fuso Is of tons displacement which is Just tons less than tho displacement of the Pennsylvania Like the Pennsylvania the Fuso mounts twelve 14 Inch guns m In her main battery but new and undisclosed improvements make mako the Pennsylvania's guns In the opinion of ot naval experts superior To ro appreciate the Pennsylvania's fighting qualities It is best toilet the figures tell the story In tho the table that follows the Pennsylvania is compared com corn pared In lIen lier main essentials with UI the mightiest warships of ot the principal pal naval powers Here Is 18 the table No Outs Main Caliber Nation sal and Name of or Slip Batty Inch Tonnage United KUt StaLeS 12 n It Japan Fuso Fuse 12 U 14 4 39 Ko 10 tb G Germany Ersatz Wo Wo-th Wo S g jj 15 8 COD Great Britain Qu n 8 a U 11 Franca Frinco NormandIe 12 ym Coa- Coa Italy flaIl U 13 I js 12 v Alexander n IH III 1 g 12 g M II y m Win Prins Eucen H II 1 12 oo 00 I A broadside fired by the Pennsylvania Pennsyl vania vanla will weigh approximately 18 pounds as against about fired I Iby by y the eight 15 Inch guns that form the main batteries of or vessels of ot the I Queen Elizabeth and Ersatz Worth types and about in the cas case I of the new French of I the class The rapid increase in tonnage of ot first line Une battleships of the United States navy since the days of ot the famous famous fa ta- fa- fa old Oregon shoWs sho that In the short space of two decades their size has nearly trebled The table that follows indicates the progression from I the Oregon to the Pennsylvania Ship Tonn Tonnage I Ores Ores' 1038 e 1 1 e I Iowa Utah 2182 13 0 Ohio New York Yok 0 Virginia 10 Louisiana e The flagship of Sir John commander in chief of the grand fleet flee of at Great Britain now in the North l sea is the Iron 1 Duke Dulce The Pennsylvania Is tons ton 5 bigger than the Iron Duke Dulce and whereas where where- as the Iron Duke mounts ten inch I guns in the main battery the tho Pennsylvania Penn L- L sylvania mounts twelve of the inch 14 l type The speed of ot the Iron Duke I Is I 21 knots while on her trials tb the a Pennsylvania did 2175 knots The Pennsylvania is feet teet long lone which is a little more than three Ne New V York City blocks while her width I Is S feet or not half the length t of the ordinary New York block Th The e Pennsylvania is driven by turbine engInes en en- L. L gines there being four shafts each Li with one propeller In the building of or turbines such as are In this ship p approximately half a million pieces o of ot f blade and half halt a a. million packing pieces piece S are separately installed one ono at a time I. I These blades if it placed end to en end I miles mites would extend thirty eight and one half f I