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Show NAVY MARKSMEN ACCURATE American Gunner Never Showed as Great Proficiency as They Have In Recent Trial. Data made public recently bf the navy department show that at ao other oth-er time In its history has the marksmanship marks-manship of the United States ravy been so good as It is at present. The new superdreadnaught Nevada gave an example of the general shooting efficiency effi-ciency of the Atlantic fleet. In reatiit target practice this ship fired R6 shots from her 14-Inch guns, and the target, at varying ranges, was smashed 43 times, a record that Is believed to equal. If not surpass, any record with similar guns In any other navy. The following table shows at a glance what the gunners of the Atlantic Atlan-tic fleet did with the big guns In the recent target practice: 14-INCH 46-CALIBEU. P. C. of Vessel. Shot. Hit. Hit. Nevada 54 43 76.8 New York 60 41 68.3 Oklahoma 66 36 64.8 Pennsylvania 66 36 64.3 Texa 69 48 81.4 12-INCH-60-CALIBER. Arkansas 66 44 67.7 Wyoming 72 60 83 3 12-INCH-46-CAUBER. Delaware 69 46 70 3 Florida 68 64 W.l Kumu 21 19 90.J Michigan 46 31 69.6 Minnesota 23 14 60 9 New Hampshire 23 17 7s.g South Carolina 46 SS 826 Utah 68 60 862 Vermont 21 12 67 1 8-INCH-45-CALIBER. Kansas 48 97 xi. MlnneHota 44 M m a New Hampshire 46 29 63 0 Vermont 44 28 63 6 7-INCH--46-CALIBER. Kanaa 75 34 490 Minnesota 89 41 46.1 New Hampshire 83 60 723 Vermont 80 39 48 8 6-INCH-6O-CAUBER. Arkansas 161 94 68 4 Delaware 110 66 609 Florida 124 70 666 Nevada 168 86 64.4 New York 168 10 77.4 Oklahoma KM 98 68 3 Pennsylvania 174 119 68 4 Texa 167 108 63 5 Utah 116 66 487 Wyoming 164 96 68 5 |