| Show I Nautical Novelties I I IThe I The Time first electric drive ship ever ever ver built was th the th-e Navy collier U. U S. S S. S Jupiter sister ship of at atthe the ill fated ted C Cyclops clops The most important advantage advantage ad ad- I ad-I vantage of an am electric drive ship Is s that the steam part of the machinery madam machin er cry ery is not connected to the propel propel- lors lora by means of at shafting Another item is economy econom Inasmuch as a turbine turbine turbine tur tur- bine drive ship at 16 knots speed uses 48 per cent more fuel than electric drive Ships of the same hull design tonnage and speed sped Ju me u. u tr S. b. b will b be re- re as the mystery ry on time tile States Scales Navy She disappeared disappeared dis dis- appeared 1 completely ely in the vA ii u lu toe Lue World val Wai Watt t ItU lUb nv n-j trace or of wrecKage or personnel per per- sonn sonnet l to tell LeU the story Po war Post war t-war invest investigation gallon developed that tuat no r rull ru- ru ll iU vs v. au ally aUy un tn fur I Lu lib hat Ual u. ll anu Mimi mat 10 to sue tue L will probably be a n matter of conjecture About elev eleven n years ago Atlantic I shipping was for months endanger endanger- cd b by the erratic behaviour of the Governor Par a disabled British schooner by the ci crew ew in lD dim ocean She carried In her hold u 1 iv i. i iu lumber Twice u n T CI I V uv Y V 1 frt Vl IMI vu I. I num to tow her ashore and slat age her tier cargo but each time after lh had 1 her a U storm forced ithem ahem to abandon Jn the attempt attempt- Months lat later r she dhe ne appear appeared ed off the Azores where again efforts at salvage salvage salvage sal sal- vage vage met with wilh the the- same defeat Her final fate like that of many others remains a mystery Over fifteen n years ago when th the e U. U S. S S. S New York was a coal burn er King Ge George rge of ol England and the late King Albert of Belgium became Honorary passers Coal aboard th the ship after they had visited and fired fired fired fir fir- ed the boilers o of f the good old man mail o 0 The Th two shovels ls used aronow aronow arenow aro are now on display in the Crews' Crews Re Re- Reception Room of the Battleship U U. U S. S S. S New York During the Boxer Rebellion in Jo China Navy men repaired a railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road line from Taku to China Catina and operated it successfully with men taken from frum the engineering engineer engineer- ing lug department of Unit United d States Naval vessels li It is more difficult to enlist t in Ia inthe the U. U S. S Navy Y than it is s to enroll in many of our leading Universities Service in the the- United States Navy y is a privilege for fOl which only about one ne man in sixteen between the ng age of 17 and 25 years can qualify A Battleship requires for a complete complete complete com com- ng of oC her exterior hull approximately gallons of or anti aim nu- nu corrosive paint 20 of anti anti- antifouling fouling paint and gallons of light grey paint The anti anti cori lVe e and and fouling anti-fouling p paints are used o oa time the bottom and the grey paint o othe on cn n the ships ship's sides and superstructure |
