Show CONCRETE concina wa IT NOSE OST IT 0 ia N EAGLE BOATS NOW new type of war craft equipped with powerful light guns CARRY CREW OF EIGHTY MEN long gaunt weapon of war of all steel construction with the tha ex caption of the concrete base vessel Is compact Iet detroit rolt midi A long narrow wedge with it a steel nose lose ot of solid concrete toper tapered ad to A edge forming a considerable part ot of its total length of feet anil and declared to bo be cn pablo of crushing any submarine such Is tho ilia eagle do signed to help rid the sens seas of tile inci in clince ince of tho the german U bonts contrary to popular belief tho the engle eagle Is not a 11 but an oil burning tuphane driven conf fhe TJ aigle Is not a tiling dillig of beauty beauty was not contemplated in ill its construction it Is a long gaunt weapon of war of all steel construction with the exception of the con on creto noso 10 another popular impression that liaa hits been shattered lan Is till idea that the engle boat beat la Is equipped with torpedo tubes tile submarine chaser will not intended to combat tile major in strument ment of german ru till with its ita own weapons it was designed to depend miller upon its qualities its powerful pow irful light guns und and 11 new american invention for directing ang its fire ut tit unseen objects its 18 crew including operating find fighting complement numbers lina tely SO 80 men to the lie observer the first impression of the lie engle boat 14 1 onn one of wonder VO Ilder that a craft so BO narrow call possess buoyancy to keep it upright lit in heavy sens beas its length of inore e than nn nil average city block the lie craft has a n bettin beam of only V feet and draws when fully equipped less than ten feet of water its seaworthiness tins has been demon strafed lit in tile tho official trials according to 10 reports to tho ilia navy department while hlll it Is admitted tho engle eagle does doca not make the speed of the hie average destroyer it Is claimed that it can ou distance most submarines and the I 1 razor ilke n of fitly lind had it como come in contact lie german undersea pirates vessel Is compact with utility us as its prime purpose seemingly not tin nn inch of space Is 11 masted lit in tho the fitting ot of ilia vessel find not nn an ounce of superfluous weight enters its construction when dropped into tle the water ready rend for the ilia installation of its arts engines guns etc ecco lesa ss than tons toils of material have hamoi acci been riveted together to shape tho hie hagle bont boat the plates that form the shell of ilia submarine chasers vary enry in thick from one fourth to three inch find not a single forging or rolled benin beani enters their makeup I 1 nori tiling Is pressed essul from alnet belal cold by means of machinery that hint cuts every ever piece to tin nn exact pat avro punches rivet holes rind find bond bendi tilt the interior part to require shape 3 rises tho ilia deckhouse dickho iise topped by the allot house with radio quarters quai teK unit above nil all the conning tout lower with the lie crows tiet at tile the highest point incept for 01 this super structure tile deck q of tho the augle color car lies 1104 the ilia foi netlon ance |