| Show I Biggest ingest Warships Ever ver Built Here Soon to Join J Ranks of the theN Navy avy s wo of oC Und Uncle gains Sams first t I Iton I r Two ton are arc non goon to 11 I go Into commission Ion The Tho Louisiana loul which for Cor or the time lane It II will III IK he b queen of et the Iho American navy Ill will Kill b h fore lour lou 1011 share Intro honors with the he dm gym III whose trial trip trill taken take IlIk In the next nest month I In tonnage buttery battery 1001 rower speed and ami the tho Louisiana and ami J Unit l will with the thc most t wilt wal t uP k ships hips hl s under my any an lIu ll ff They wIIt win will embody I I Y nil 1111 f the Ihl t he I latest a tret Improvements to t In hl warship nna au ar over Il li p I thousand tan f nur next ships Four inure m sN r or f the farm das are arf or building tins t 1 It lu Kansas New mId and Vermont A description 1 of other either the tho or nr would Ji do I for both huth of i foj rOI 01 1 they the lire sinter l r whips ships S un hoi hr udder rudder aI i lie the highest II NtH New York tK the n is turn lUll would tower toner CIO O rod fort In the air 7 70 filet fast I shove II the Turk How 1101 building In III n beam lh Ih i tW lo o ships ore lire if I teat feet 10 Indian tho width of three ordinary IotA lota huge inn moss s In III driven through tho the water waler at u n 1 speed d of more than IS 13 knots an hour by engines of or hors poker CAN AX Ml III MM R WITHOUT Pot For these powerful engines there l ln 11 n II normal coil coal supply of nr OO Ions but hut butone one lIlio of Ih the tor that Ihn wilt will mako theio now 1101 effective tin en glues Bines f of ot Is 18 that Ihn If It they ran Batt carry corr enough coal cOlli to 10 con nt III halt speed for n i of ot I 1 miles Nn Nil battleship in III any nosy line has ever eer equalled record the ud 1 L Louis are Known as nil seo going battle battleships ships with two 1 nod four S Inch turrets lurr For Kor their protection and tind safe ette safety t ty I the tho Ill armoring of lIr there Ili re IM l In IA IAm minimally m ll host heny rend awl extensile h th f lr t bulkhead are an muli iM to III Insure In them against king un tn under 1 der lIer almost nIn t ol il t nn condition 1 hr Is I n a armor bolt ov t I from to tn Stets stern For Kor a third of the of ot this lid brit amid slit S the Ili 1 n m r In Is h la 12 I Inches In c lily thick 11 Irk at attin t tin the toil t and ula at lit thu Ihu bottom to IQ four our Inches nt ho hos hostad tad a rn A limp Ahl re the heft belt he be heI Iween I the maul barbette l there Is III ft a ar r I will of lIf side aIde motor seven thick reaching meshing from tho Ihn Ih man licit hell to rhe IP mils At t the Ihl end ends nt of thin this armor a rill 01 of 7 iII huh h steel Nt el extend con with the thu main barbett b M TO 10 MAKK SHIP U The coal nod tind the Ih miln pas I doors lIours on oil tin he Connecticut cut eUI U t an o mj nil I as ny well wall w 1 1111 ii n the Ihl t nr lir t r mired of ur th Ihl protective do da Iek k kart kore ore lire C d by hY el I ni tarp h of or these doors or and 1111 hatches hint an alt elee elec elt Irk motor which l h started from a 1 cen central n trill emergency enc million on tIll u tits the bridge an on or on 01 tho Iho up liP Irua h of of lit nn ny 13 kind the th om omler ler eer of tho Ih deck nil eon turn n II wheel and know leno that fry every door doer vl vI vII 1 fit t I 1 to 10 the th bl hi I M safely hUll has been closed t thy hy by UH Thin This Is la tho Arm rm ny tem that the Ih navy has for ne Mill nearly flit all the n ne nets v t and It makes our warships practically ui by hy inuring that their water lIler tight doom will trill be bo closed elo 1 In ht line lime to Io 0 keep kit p the whip ship afloat In spite of punctures below the United d IiI II tIll na have peen been the Hie t tu to learn und lull 1 apply the lessen nf of SCOTCH l of oC due dut to I Ito tho fact fRet that doors could couill 1 not 1101 t be closed clo od by hy hand In time lime to 10 save av I the lit ship hlll The rte ar i taking no with C that rust rout which fluty mIl some ome day between the victory vietor or defeat of American dun soa II forces A protective deck eleck front from fonlIn one 1110 In to nr III nor for fir IIi tho Ilan mail miln 12 for lur the tho stain main turrets turret anil S for tur the Iho four Cour gun cun completes fl th or of these the 1 hlF caN Offensively a III at well as OM defensively tin hn Connecticut snit and s will III h I Iii m ii even for fail day doy doyI tit el I f eer hs M l C l F I They will carry four Cour r our 1 1 suns n ns In two ta u cH I fore rOIo t o tn and aft and old fight rl ht S gun In III tir tur turret ret two tw on Oil enl en lt The Tle em Im of Clew guns h Is such that the two 0 forward I turrets tS knee an nit nrc ao ol of r tire lira front from dad ii nd ahead au end to lo n it point well swell aft an of or the IIII brim heam while from rain ho Il oft lift pair of ot turrets nun gnu lire fire may bo ho directed rl of 0 beam beun to lu II lend Nul ld astern Fir Fh f hII n F through er Iti F ii ru al on a il th the II n film UI l it dock deck li 1111 n a n powerful battery of ot IJ 12 l 7 Kims Thu Tho 7 Inch pieces something rew I I In III exceptionally tonal I lil hl high li h velocity and penetration p To this thin formidable array urray or of heavy heuy gulis I III Is added 12 1 3 Inch rapid fliers the Iho sumo same number of ot I unit und L 14 machine guns dh 9 on Oil tho bridges and tight fight fighting ing In tops top U It t was ss u 1111 9 not nol Intended origin originally II shy ally all that lint tho Connecticut mid f n H nna carry any tubes 1 I 1111 tit lit afterwards It was decided to add ud four such uch tubes to their equipment lIt PROTECTION IOn FOR Amoni t monR the tho ninny many other lessons Ic s of ot o t tho Ihn Inse P sen arn IO fights g e It was I that bettor he Iter protection was need needed ed oil for officers directing n warship hl In lu The Tho Connecticut unit will be bl as n ato In III this thin respect re pet 01 1 it a antan nf can 1111 bo ho made rho for forward ward war stover la Iii protected bj by b Inches of steel I and the tho aft conning signal tower located below tho Ihu aft bridge has hils J Keel een Interest has hall from ruin tho ho nur rounded the and on account of ot the tho Ih uN under which they 1111 built What developed Into n a ship building race lee lin be begal Ran gal when tha Iho to tt tho till Connecticut nt III thu the navy yard 11 giving Diving trio tho con colt contract tract for 10 IhA 1111 Louisiana nt al the tho titan to In the News Company The rhe 11 t was launched u a month ahead of the Connecticut hut butt tho scot COl between them theft lately narrowed down downto downto to 2 or m 3 per IWI cent emit The Tho reason on why wimy tho Iho race cannot ho bl definitely decided Gnu way array wn or III the tho other Is 18 that allow allowance ance must be he t mode made for 01 a number of ot factors that do tin not lint appear In the of ot progress r figures S The rho l li fa undoubtedly In the teal lead but the tho builders of ot the Connecticut hlo ex cx tar for thin thili our one belliA tha iha t Kr rl s I has haM not lell men 11 tidal Ih n an nn us as the thu bulkier builder r l U u u used theta them Hut Hilt one une thing ug Is la certain non e g v anti private maids have n Ii t ai a splendid records r on oft 01 tho the Count ol le Ii al Louisiana It H Is 19 I equally that lint tho the normal for the lilt theof of or a battleship not lot liner have b n 0 reduced flum font 41 I to 30 mounts months if It there hail had beon no contest Thin flits qua fu ll a n cur oi healing boating h performance until Urai ut lirt ri tain hi Iii launched the tho Dreadnought I f t months with every IVI prospect of or cr Iii thin now nov sea monster In 11 n a I n nand r rat 1 unit and nn a II half |
