Deseret Evening News | 1901-05-16 | Page 3 | Removing a Big Gun

A mo BO OUS oUN Naval 1 Icel Ono 1110 lentil Ironi 01 n a Turret Turrell of at tho tile ar o New York May rn 16 short time ago Naval Constructor I C Capps head heath of the lie construction and tHI repair depot ment In the tho navy nv yard be began began gan gnu work which has haR Just JUM been completed ed ell on by b l which the time government has hn been blen saved ed several thousand dollars olar While huie the crew of tho the battleship Koar 1011 surge sarge on January Januar 31 last was IRS engaged cn In target practice one of the projectiles exploded prematurely premature des destroying del destroying the rifling rilling of or n a I gun U ft I become became necessary In order to tD make the thc to remove the gun from the tho lie turret and under the tho lie old system It I would have hao been necessary to raise the turret which would take about four tour months 1111 cost about A Inn was tas devised by h Mr lr Capps Cappa to withdraw the lie gun cun from tIme tho tw turret turrel through h the tho porthole but hul time the feasibility of oC his plan was doubted dOuIN by other officers Ial Blon sion was tas given him him however to malta maho lulo the tIme trial the tie lie work 1011 being hell accomplished by means of or a hydraulic engine after uter several of the tho lie turret plates limit hall been i