Show UNCLE SAMS NAVY while ive v c are arc talking about hawaii it is worth our while to look after our navy as it liay may be needed during the annexation ceremonies the largest battlo battle ship belonging to this country is the indiana just launched it is built of steel and has a double bottom for the distance of feet extending for the length covered by the machinery and magazine magazine spaces thus all the vital portions are amply protected and every feature is provided to enable ato cop successfully cess fully avith vessels of the beav deat armor and armament ifer her principal dimensions are bell length th on load line feet breadth extreme ga ca test feet 3 inches draught of water level keel 21 24 2 1 feet displacement tons maximum speed knots sustained sea speed 15 knots indicated horse power normal coal supply tons the armament consists of 1 13 inch breech loading 0 rifles 8 8 inch breech loading rifles rides 9 13 inch breech loading rifles 20 6 rapid fire guns 4 1 pound cr rapid rapi d fire 0 guns gunst gatling catling guns 6 torpedo tubes there are six powerful search lights bights 0 arranged along n the sides hideg to locate the enemy at night and to guard against small bot boat attacks under cover of darkness the complement of twelve boats and one balsa are stowed well above the flash of the guns and aro are handled by means of powerful cranes tile the thickest armor plates eve ever r put on an american warship war ship shil have been placed on oil the indiana tile the plates which are of nickel steel ar are e 14 inches thick 6 feet high t 16 feet ion long D and weigh 0 about twenty six tons each |