| Show TURRET STOOD GREAT GUN TEST Bigge t Naval Gun Heaviest Pro otile and Highest Explosive Known Failed to Destroy It THE FLORIDA WAS NOT SUNK I VIt III I I Iii Ht nci PIr II It ItI Old I ya Va Ma 27 lh t gun un the he ILI e MadlY WI l tola III U w rk ht I till CulI I lut on the t oC the t he UI tor 11 re tilt lilt Is to 10 be u victory lor br tUr IUrI tUrret ret I and this anding 1 I ltv tim lito timo oC o tile turret mill the ther r et g loo ened anti It II wl nol flot five artel tho th ter terrible I impact ael th the of the turret vita WIlS being worked with perfect clI ease e the t 1 I ch n fl Oil JU the left WM wt t I uW lie turret stand the and gun gUll lre the I S less lens a t I ha ii fron the thee e that ot of the many delicately for or liVe eon t tot si gh tI ig and tim turret few Cew it Ie 1111 any were of order J 1 f t ht ha ci ha I U ha e the lie I would Yuld he be et said saidon I Ion on of the rear with enthus Then a futile to dc lo the newly designed woven mast On 11 jU stern o of the iW k wa Ua fier tel five I hots o if the Iho guile uns Iad gone Iune through It Il the Iho mast Hood II ru II I Frt orl not l It IOn down guid aUtI no enemy 1 vaste lion lIeu time lime ut at It II pas the expert It vas as pled l I flInt nil 1111 lIew edt III le he 01 U vi t Ii hottle ha inis te o or thIs desert rENt OF 01 The or of the was Tim fhe which ha laid l been In the of experts for SOniC tinie ln In vitI Ith steam liP hel nose pointing out the VirginIa Cellos Thimble Rhoal light shout foul fiur null Old Coin fart rort Just 34 yards on the InsIde o of the Ihl Florida III hay bar hor sIster the Arkan AIkan sap This Is sueha a test as 1111 would lever O occur In n a rear real ifs the big party of or of the Tho ho chin will Ill lIe he the tho dIstance Is III so Chose that thc tho Impact wIll hIt ho be lit at its full vet CI ocH achy the hart palt uC of the behl be lilt Is I to lo st trip or of wn he been tween two FlorIda on the turret o of the tho The 1011 ut R r lit at the canvas to lo get et the tho J lange Iane Tiler Thel was a cinch a I the Jr bICk Into In to the ho t water ic pran up ii p tilt when the k t t clinic rame tub lee Il ft n a lole I Its IllI half heh the tur ret Jel of thc FlorIda wee all sQ so her gUlls auld thoo or of the Ar 1 looked hooked at each Ilch other lilT rilE At 1142 1012 the hI bIg noIse Caine two so ro Close clOe together thit the they sounded lika Olle OJue The lie IIA hAd hit hIlt Its 1111 target It WM a crash a flash Il II 1 tI of IN tile the top ot oC the Ihl hAt WaR left heft WAS vuis a I hl wound round Just to 10 the rIght of tue Iho rIght gun there uta IIII what hat hooked hike n a hole hick flue went ent to 10 tho Florida hut before Ih they Jot got there her crew clel of oC o 0 or 0 30 Jackie jackles shIp hlll b by G Josoph K Tuss it II had IOn UI u from the tiui 1101 hold 1 and ere 1110 look hook lug over ovel the la a g 11 the plate ha hail l from the Iho guru Uti t 10 the edge elge Just above and just below belo thio Iho I struck The h broken II IO been drIven Into the turret WITt WITtI I hUI hun I not tile I hue of 01 tile Ihl Plate so 10 that no hole I actually Blade the turret t at onel and its lIs o th g StyLi tug tel I rou uld 1 Aeh way und antI Ih the heft lIan l gun un traIn cd ID W oi 01 A nul the tho turret hOlo boic ot of a fight rhe Ille 1 ahong the luul lIl mall or of the thue wen vere holts tte ICI o in silvers or nr tue lite III icy A board III lily on the Iho was IM nod tho III Ion of officers tune lIaM that wen even with the Ihl I Impact Ad the In turret would OtIli nol IlOt have hae Injured Tha Ih In I a the turret no out Cut o of damage and th the bellet i 18 s expressed thai II test leRl would find It n 11 working AttentIon Will wan l to test lug IIII the fighting Tue shit itt WAil fired from one or of the IIII guns ut nr the tho ulI l plowing ill nu ii II Iron te Ut lit itt its 1114 base it Il cut cUl ono or it the thu lug pipes and Injured others Tho second stat was from the gun aud cut eul two tuho 1 II a lIttle higher UI anul ami on III the other of tile mast The Iho third shut shot missed and the or 01 Will vuis given to tn lire 1110 n a explosive shell shah high Ul near the lop of the mast This shook the structure and 1010 1 it of the tho tubes tint hut the Iho tOast seemed as au stable as ever Tile Iho fifth hast shell was waR a solid shot tile big gun aimed so ns as astO tO tn hit the oil it outer rIm rini on the sl leanIng toward the Iho ater the Iho structure having purposely been tilted tilled at an anKle angle or of 10 degrees to 10 make It easle to III fall Call This terrific shot tore holes I hues through many 1111 flY of nr the supporting hog tubes lubes hut but the mast st stood ADV OF 01 1 The Tho advantage of oC the mast Is declared e ed l to have hae hen h een tully fully 1 Its are ure that It Is In shot or sile and has till til still further advantage of oC Weigh In hog less Jess than halt hAIC that of the Iho old type soli II lIlt st 00 tv In I ii use IIse was to 10 to he lit tetI a buIlt Into whIch a hend torpedo Is to 10 be tIred 1 wIthIn Ic 10 days to hull bulk of type ma may not hot he 10 ahl 11 huh y Iu it t I he hull u of the tho ship p |
