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Show ONLY TWO XrlEAD .. OF ..OKLAHOMA y ;;y Qlant Sea Fighter Is 500 Jons Greater Than Any American Shb Now Afloat Philadelphia, March' 23.--The drehd nought Oklahoma tbjbe launched today to-day from tho yard ofth.o Now, York Shipbuilding company at Camden, X. J, wl'.l bo one" of 'the largest nnd most powerful built ships that has yet been flotited for tho 'American navy. A sister ship, the Nevada Is under construction at Qulncy, Mass. Only the Pennsylvania, bulldlns at Now-port Now-port News, nnd tho :stlll nameless battleship N). 39 the keel of which Was laid laut week at the Now York navy yard will outstrip the OKianoma In tonnage, displacement, length or the powsr of her great aims. The length of the new giant sea fighter Is 583 feet and her displacement displace-ment wilf be 27,500 tons or 600 tons greater than the largest American fighting ship now afloat. splandldjfy fcaulaaod In both armament an armor the Oklahoma will be far a head of present pres-ent American ships. Her principal weapons will be ten 14 inch guns, capable of firing shells weighing 1400 pounds. A feature of the armament will be the placing of throe of these great guns In ono turret. One of the three gun turrets will be on the forecastle fore-castle deck along, with a turret of two big guns. Another two gun turret tur-ret wlll.be on tho quarter deck and astern of this will be another turret, with tho remaining - three 14 Inch gifts. About tho' big warship will also bo distributed twenty-qno five Inch guns and some minor armament consisting con-sisting of 3 pounders, ono ppunders,( tnree inch' field pieces and machine guns."' " ' ' Heavy Armor Belt. The armor belt Is especially heavy. It is 13 1-2 Inches - thicks and,; will q tend 400 feet al6ngieftiald,e o the' iliull 8 1-8 feet betot)M water lbae to nine feet above tha .wafcsr. There are two protectlvoidecha to guard against plunging are, , one, .three Inches In-ches thick and the.othes.of 1 1-2' Inches. - ' The Oklahoma will burn oil, and her engines will have 24,800 Indicated horsepower, sufficient to develop a speed of 20 1-2 knots an hour. ,Tne supply of .oil fuel-will bo carried in tho double bottom of tho ship which eliminates tho necessity of, coal bunk-ors. bunk-ors. Tho gift of the state of Oklahoma to her fighting namesake is a splendid splen-did silver service. |
