| Show BATTLESHIP UTAH BIGGEST AfLOAT I Such is the Plan of Naval Con Constructors as Made Public In Washington GREATER THAN DREADNOUGHT to 10 be b UI run More Titan hl ln in to the Nw Jan Jan GI GIt be mf tod In tat that the Utah following m r net een President Ho Roosevelt evolt fleer Admiral Maeon and Rear ear Admiral Cappe chief 1 Li to be 15 built on t a Plan IllAn that wi Will give to the this United the laet battleship afloat armed with tho biggest gun guns known 10 aval cUon anti wih with witha a In Its featureS rh rime ot of this timis war r craft cratt wl will be tOn tone I it armed with l guns gun or 2000 ton tone I If amed withe guns gun Is III time the themore more plan The relative Ize Izeat of at thIs floating fortress ma may hO u beter better under understood tood by comparison with tile the Dreadnought Dreadnought The English battler has hasa 1 a of 10 ton tons and II Is ane armed with ith ten guns and hal has hasa 0 a speed ot of O 0 knots The estimated speed of the Utah ii hc 1075 knol knots Provision 11 Is to be made In the plane for arming he her with six and not 1 less than than four tInh guns gUM gUMIn In addition to 10 her rapid fire and smaller malle hor bore rifles Tile The plan ahio In eludes the military mast malt the Vet er newest feature In naval constructIon Thil This mast mAet S is 10 so constructed that shots hots from an enem enemy wIll not detroy time the structure I it being wi tt of glut great hight commanding a wide sweep ot of sea and buit built up or of steel teel spirals In such euch form torm that th the largest shots would only Injure a small feton section o othe of the must From mat mast telephone connelton connection Is with the eX cx eXecutive TIm TIlE OPINIONS The ho plans I say aside from rota the qualification required for trial will insure In the Utah a battleship wi ot of tons with a speed Peed ot of U 23 Knots Thle Jeal insane that th tile It r would quiro quit crat tf t I different l t a lf hh th oU I a a wl will require at lea nI moro more lal seal than thun the pres t of the UnIted States nary MUCh uch ot of th naT became known today tOdy when given con be before ore the tho houle committee 01 on naval affairs several wee weeks Its ago aKo hy by Rear Admiral Cappe chief constructor wal was made public OS oss or UI IllinoIs no I chairman ot of the tho naval affairs COO endeavored to learn whether nn any appropriation would b be requIred this year for the con construction of 1 a larger than ha has been buit buIlt here heretofore should time the construction ot of such sucha a ship be authorize authorized by Congress He I a ship ot of tOn tonn and that h hIs bureau Admiral Capps Cappe replied burau hn haS outlined plan plans for such luch 1 a ship and would need ln an appropriation this year ear to commence the work ot of con Admiral Capp laid It if guns gun should be adopted for such a ship 1 12 or of the them could bl be but thi this would require n a displacement of at 26 00 tons The Tho larget largest Sel thus tar far havEs have only ten 1 Inch guns The ho speed peed of the nw new battleship would be from 80 O tz 12 to 21 12 knots unde under trial conditions tord accord lug Ing to 0 Admiral |
