Logan Republican | 1904-09-07 | Page 7 | Our Modern Navy

. Our Mnilcro Nnvy. Our oldest battleship, tho Texas, hns n length of 801 feet nnd a displacement of 0315 tons. The now Malno has a length of 3S3 feet nnd a displacement of 12,500 tons. Tho California, Just launched at San Francisco, hns a length of 003 feet nud a displacement ot 14,000 tons. Tho Texas hns a speed of sixteen knots an hour. Tho California Califor-nia Is to havo a speed of twenty-two knots, or Is to ie, In splto of her great size, a faster ship that tho Brooklyn or New York, nnd ns fast a ship as that greyhound of tho sea, tho Colum-bla.