Show for I l ford s 1 q r A 5 Si GJ r Y Z r C t s r I tf N y t R y ra 4 d 4 f f III C 22 af at mP l s 02 o tte he t z Fa ls PG Z ZO ter NE r of ot the greatest problems that Hint lot confront the experts of or our Navy Nary Nal O Is la the tho rapidity with willi which the tho thee e modern ships of ot war ago age Bg for tor try Iry yes as ns they may the tho constructors can cnn cannot cancil cil not prevent tho ho battleships from becoming back numbers In Jo a few tc ti short years The average period 1 during fit lit which armored ships are arc considered first nOlt us ve vessels ranges range from between four tour to Tr EX six years awhile any warship over oer that thata a i age C Is generally held beld up as 08 nn object lesson lexson I JOn of ot what n 0 great gre t sea c tighter fighter of or the pd present day ought not be beTake b bei i Take the tb battleships battleship b sad New Net Hampshire for tor Instance these Illus Illustrate Lad trade how bo snort A n period a modern hat bat battleship rants ranks as ns a II dr t sea sen fighter ilk i Ten years y ago o o tho the Massachusetts watt was ono one of ot the largest und ned most powerful war warships ships In the world nail and It t wan WOR claimed that she idio ho could sink In less than an hour the best beAt vessel I IIII flying the flag lIob ot of this or any nuy other nation Today fods this thin famous vert t eel fOcI IB is a bock back number and would b h he easy fit picking nicking for tor most of ot till the battleship now no It In 10 commission In the tho American Navy sat In striking contrast to the Massachusetts jr Is the battleship New lW h Hampshire tho the thew w now newest eat addition to Undo Uncle fleet and arc considered by experts to be bo ns s powerful pul n war vessel T III ns as o cnn can bo ho found In the ib world No o 0 technical t knowledge Is needed s to convince even een the layman that tho the old ohl l ts VC vl vessel FC 1 would be he little more than a n play piny plaything drs thing In lit the hands bands of ot those who direct the tho movements of or the modern leviathan el Experts say that tbt the he Massachusetts would C sink lu In the storm of or nn on onslaught ht by hr tho the ih New Hampshire aa as quickly as n she would a have haTe bad und other vessels at her mercy mere 10 lab years rears ago ugo fail A few tew weeks ago alo the North orth Dakota was launched and when this giant battleship Is 11 finished and ond placed pIa coo In commission the tho thet t ES United States will have for tor the first dust time In tier her history hili tory a n battleship that bat can cnn truth truthfully truthfully I fully rull be called 1 the theL queen of at the seas Blue Bin will Ul bo be four tour thousand tons tone heavier J than nay any vessel now In tho the American z 72 sc 71 L l W il i t l of t an QZ a c Ies 1 t nat J 4 a f tt r f g tit y Ett fi J 1 wIY 1 r d Wv F 1 0 t J e r r r a anat 5 v vt III Navy Nary ny and will hare bno twice the tho tonnage of or tho tuo battleships of or 10 years earll ago The Tile gun gins power on the North orth Dakota will trill willbo bo be more moro destructive the speed will be b greater tied the tho armor will bo be twice as Impenetrable as n was the cane case when tho the Massachusetts reigned supreme Mans Ingenuity and his hili unceasing unc n ln stair striving log ing for tor perfection his utter uller unwillingness to lo leave learn well enough Is at tho hot bot bottom tom torn of or the tho short life lito of ot tho fighting ships A As soon ns as 11 n a t warship Is completed some fault Is U discovered lu in her construction and andIn lu In tho ho design 11 JI n of ot the next ship the defect Is III remedied This applies equally to the tho engine and nn l boilers boll 1 the cues tho the armor plate and the Interior mechanism Now New No Inventions InTention are arc being made mada right along I and ond every day brings forth something new that holds out hope of ot Increasing the of or vessels ve oll Battleships ore are not the only class claiS of vessels el that age oGe rapidly The Tho armored cruisers and gunboats show what Is cAlled unfitness lire five or six u years after they aro constructed Tho The cruiser Brook Drook l o f 4 he as E f Ye el ell I e l ry 7 t i l ft r Af 11 I c i l rL f r 1 t n f H t J 1 b fJ J V r Z i j rf 3 I J t 04 f Ji 2 J f i k i 4 1 Yz Ml kr N f f 1 yr f k cf 7 r Y i 1 1 lyn lye once called the peer of ot any vessel Y of ot her lIer class la ls now DOW out Ont at of ot commission and so 10 far tor outclassed by the crul ero of ot today loday that she sho Is Just now about the equal of ot the protected cruisers of or a n dec dee ado nIo ago A 1 of ot her tonnage In 10 the armored cruiser class wan W l then consid consul considered ered n a monster as Oil she Elbo had rv n 1 displace displacement ment of ot tons and the battleships of at those thoe days were only 1000 tons heavier Nowadays the tho armored d cruisers are arc nearly Goo tons tone ton a heavier than the ves res vessels sels of ot tho the same class n a decade ago agog which alongside of ot them appear like Pigmies In 10 point of ot size MOro More oro than that they make the battleships of ot those days loot look Tho latest of ot the speedy Rp dy monsters monster added to the navy na Is 9 the tho tb Washington with tho the gigantic ills dis displacement placement of or HW tons tonti and bigger In every Iery way wOY than the flagship of or Relit Rear Ad Admiral d miral S Schley during the bat tie of ot Santiago The Tho builders of ot this mammoth structure of or steel 1 claim that the Washington Is tho ho most powerful veu tes e s eel l of or her class In the American Navy a And find the equal of or any ship hip of ot war that thata a n foreign toron navy nary can boast b ut of ot In the ar nr armored armored mored cruller cruiser claw class The little torpedo boats beats of or the Navy Nary R Rare are aro the only vessels that do not I seem et m to tou toK toW toUt grow W out Ut of ot style no matter B how Ion long on they K u hulo haro been n In use Ule Of at course coarse they are ore being built larger oil all the tho time but hut the smaller craft like the Stiletto which has linsa a displacement of ot 41 II tons tona ore are con roo Just a Se 1111 powerful as sa the modern Worden orden which Is U nearly nearl eleven times the size In displacement til tons The Navy Department expects much of ot these o little fighters that l Constitute the ie mosquito The T manner to in which they ho arc c J II III I v U 5 c Ce s S Oct Q q r looked after the extreme earn care taken taJ cn never to let any port part of ot them get gel out of ot order amounts almost to pampering And like lUo all nil spoiled children there are times time when they behave shockingly bud Swiftness and the ability to carry more moro and heavier guns arc nrc the main features required of ot the tho latest models In the tIJI big bl I warship class Ten Teu years year ago tho the main battery hattory of or the battleships consisted of or four tour guns gun un two In each turret fore tore and aft After Atter n short time tim It was discovered that guns guus would be bo bemore bemore more practicable and when tho thus battleship Iowa lown wits Willi built they were Installed Ins tolled In Inh h hu her r no as 11 nn on experiment The new guns gums worked so well that It was decided after a n conference to have base all nil the future bat carry 1 luch tons guns For l or many man manuo years no effort was made moJe to Increase the tue number of ot on any nuy au one vessel I eL eLbut but on the newest ships tho the number of or guns of the variety has been raised ral ed to nt at 0 t least 10 On the old vessels the four toor large o guns could only be discharged to port and antl starboard at one ODe time while two of or tho iho guns uns could only be b fired rEd tore forts or aft nt at atthe the tho some moment On the new Dreadnoughts Dread DreI Dreadnought nought noughts the turrets Ire are no so distributed that the dye tines times the thc number of ot guns gums will w Ill he be tired nt at the enemy fore tore and aft while the array arra of lt guns that thul can cnn be Ie discharged to port and anI starboard Is 13 expected to pour flOur forth n Q veritable shower of or huge hue projection projectiles M The number of ot torpedo tubes In the new monsters m has else also been b h en eo In hr Increased creased and Instead of or the single one carried by b the big bl ships hl of or the tue post past the tho new battleships baUlo nod and cruisers will have from trow two to four taur Today tubes lubes t are submerged and are ore not visible whereas on vessels built In la years fears gone olle by tho the ono one tube they th curried projected two feet t fl above tho water line and amI was wan proportionately less lees effective The Tho torpedoes tor pello too loo used on 00 the new vessels are arc far tar more powerful than those of or former days rA Construction Improvements In the ma mn machinery machinery chinery of ot tho the ships of or the Lue present day doy have ha kept step st p with progress In other directions Every now new end feasible Idea obtainable Is I utilized tJ by br the tho men who design the battleship bottle plant What win considered the most roost Improved pattern of or mechanism n a 1 few tew years ago ogo Is looked upon contempt today tollaY ns as anti antiquated antiquated and Inefficient Tho The Improve Improvements meals ments may involve a n great reat system of or wheels anti and levers and they ther may ma meun Dle n merely the addition of at a little Mille screw But nut Its n a change nud and usually It Is Lt I for the tho better beller Ot Of course courle mistake ml are arc mado made nt at UmI In 10 tho the machine shops hopt In the tie 01 Yard they th know of ot cases where here now DOl and costly Inventions were Installed only anlY to prove absolute failures But that mean menu that the constructors went hack to the old und and approved methods They haul had been condemned beforehand simply be Iw because because cause enuse they tiler worn were Old What they the did do 10 downa was to rock rack their bruins spend sleepless nights ned days daya of ot toll but the tile result was lIIS something new that did work worl And fod for or the tile limo lime being b It Il was the greatest Improvement until a n greater one came como along As n a factor as lIB any In thin tho construction of ot a 1 I the On the lb Hilia of today odny the hp belt It t Is l I from front nine lo to o twelve Inches lu In thickness and C 1 t y r 1 Cr rc 1 r H t b Ii 9 vas 1 J 1 u r Z I Z 1 JiP i Sfa J aw Y Yuh uh f ifs S 31 z q t f a a 1 w S s aF y 5 J IS t s r k t l lj j v Jr gY b 4 bp t 4 R fa i r A er aft si c e 1 IF i i f lac e 67 5 wv p 7 ard Cor s P z d a we h I III hav Y Yam rz B S s I Jo J r f N P w s yi yr t l 5 k r 5 J Jp JI It fo lY 5 A m mt mI t 1 J r p I t r 7 l 1 I t b J W r C 4 I I r it 44 fy I X I I d f W f I r 1 Y n M n I T y f t y y t L i 1 i S 1 m J i J f J O J I A y f tt 1 rt w l rl m ro roA 1 7 W 41 a I ri 1 i t I Li f A tf ID 0 r S t A I b N f tV J I l 4 1 1 f I Er l t tt A y ty tyll J N 1 t tt 4 11 t y Q t ft m J L I 1 rl I T m I Vi d Vt aJ tS X jl l 1 H r p r t ll j 1 PV y i I m l lJ wl l k i A i rH iq H Sf ti e Jt t J 4 s h t Is as ns Impenetrable as IS man cnn can create creato It Tho The armor on the present day ships Is 13 Isa isa a great Improvement over that Installed on en the first of ot the Ironclads Dud and its Ita re rev resisting slating power Is III easily 10 tines times greater than thun It was before the modern Harvey steel woe wes Invented Armor plate buss raised robed more mort ructions In la lathe inthe the tue than thau anything any thin else with the construction of or our fighting vessels To ro begin l gln with there Is 11 the tariff then there UJ ro IH JH graft aud If It th country hail had u It now new battleship for tor every eer time the till charge had hall teen Ie n made mado o that rotten armor aces accepted our Navy Nay would Voul outnumber r Great ships two to one Still things are arc better now thana they ther were Iro ever eer before In this till respect for tor Uncle Sum Stirn has line been a quick avenger er In 10 many mall cases C cs In the past when ho Io found himself elt cheated and today tori a tho the Instances of ot defective plate aro ore few fear and far to r Probably the th greatest place la in the world to see how hots all nil tho ho parts of ot n a ship ore made aril assembled n U Is the Brooklyn Navy av Yard the biggest In the coun country country country try and second In size Alze to none In tho world There Thero visitors can see men meo ut u t work on every cler part purl of a n vessel In cou c of or construction us well welt us ItA ut at tho the task tak of ot renovating ships hlll of at older vintage that hint must be bo completely altered to bo be brought up to iho of ot tho thin yes 11 ads el of or modern times tl At this Nary n r Yard the battleship Maine ono one of or the tho nm first vessels f eti built bulU for tor the ron r n was waR constructed and In o D short time lime the Iho which will the th orth North Dakota ns os queen n of ot tho NaY Navy will be under WilY way Y r r rr r 0 I L |