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Show NAVAL POWER OP UNITED STATES. On Wednesday the great battleship Nevada, a super-dreadnought of 27,500 tons, was tested as to speed and oil-burners, with excellent results. With this latest addition to our navy, we have a formidable formid-able fighting force, made up as follows: Dreadnoughts . . .. 9 Battleships, second line '.". . 25 Armored cruisers , " jq Other cruisers 'or Destroyers ,53 Other torpedo boats jg Monitors g Submarines 33 Gunboats ' 30 Auxiliaries, Tugs, etc !l30 Many of the above are not ready for use in case of war. in addition ad-dition there were under construction or authorized: ". Dreadnoughts t 3 Destroyers ' 22 Submarines 35 Other ships 7 Our submarines now being constructed havc a radius of 6 000 miles, which allows them to cross the Atlantic and return to port without replenishing the fuel supply. Our newest super-dreadnoughts are the ni6st powerful ships afloat. |