| Show A ft fL FLOATING TI G REPAIR SHOP PI PIOne One Built Buit In New York Navy Yard for the tile United States Government ONLY o L Y ONE OHE IN THE WHOLE WORLD Hulk Buit of Steel and Is Practically Un If Successful Others Will 1 ill be Built NewS New York ork Feb 8 GA A strange craft I II It nearing Hearing completion at t tho the New Nel York It I Is In fact tAct ft si I miniature floating and will viii 11 take Its It first nr I plunge Into the waters of ot tho the East I st river In about six weeks w When hen the thu craft emU Is hi completed tIm the United Slates navy nl will 11 be he In posses possession lion Edna of or a I flouting floating repair shop the like of ot which tho world has ha never ner seen leen and Otto ono which according to tho the of ot tho the will make Ilke It possible to repair second class claM cirl er gunboats and torpedo boats Is and torpedo tOT e o bout boat de do destroyers wherever thero there Is water wAler enough to anchor The he craft Is IH about feet teet long 40 10 feet reel wide Ide and will wi draw about six nix feet teet of ot water I It I Itla Is built bui entirely of steel and every Inch Ilch of ot space has hal been utilized At one enl will wi be a n steam derick capable of ot lifting Irn 20 tons toni while at nl the other end 1111 will iiI be the boilers hOlleT that thai will wil furnish steam Itel to operate the dynamo d air com corn compressors compressor autO and tho the derrick Amidships will wIl be the proper V Practically every eer machine used In re repaid roo pail paid work will he be Installed somewhere In this space apace Including a n miscellaneous assortment of ot and etc elc the tc lathes and Ind drills shears punches The apparatus will wi be capable of ot talc Ink ing off ot the smaller guns on battleships and nr armored cruisers filch and ud of or making minor repairs re to the superstructure end and Interior t f great T at ships There Is l noth Ing Inc pertaining pert to 10 the smaller craft ex cx except except crAf a n hole MIa below belo tO writer water Ito that cannot be hO attended to 10 The Tue roof root will vill ba be made nado with a n number of ot his big skylights wl can cnn be removed at nt will and through which h ordnance and Ind nd wi parts parIs of ot ships can be lowered to 10 the shops hops The Tho craft Is practically able but must bo be b towed as lS there Is la no n propelling machinery aboard Should the tho boat bont bAt prove successful larger ones will II be constructed |
