Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-10-14 | Page 6 | Keel of Great Battleship Laid

1 KEEL OF GREAT 1 BATTLESHIP LAID III High Naval Officials Attend ll'l Ceremonies Over First Elec- Ul trically Driven Dread- III nought in World. HI SYSTEM WELL TESTED I HI New California Can Be Started ISj Stopped, Backed and Man-Mj Man-Mj euvered by One Man UH on Bridge. Ml New York, Oct, 14. An Innovution M in naval construction was inaugurated M ttt t-ho New York navy yard today W th. the laying of the keel of the su-11 su-11 perdreadnought California, the first U battleship in the world to bo equipped 111 WIttt electric machinery for her own EMM propulsion. High officiaJs of the nana na-na vy department came here to attend Rl p ceremonies and a luncheon given 111 ?Var Airairal Usher, commandant SI f the yard, III S000mnd wlU dlsPlace 32,000 tons. HI 9he Y11 ,cany twelvo l'i-inch rlfleB HI mounted in fout 3-gun turrets. The HI Sm Ar fMi oC this class Iff .will bo the Idaho and the Mississippi 111 "VTOTk on hich haa not yet been com' UJ menced. g The. CaUfornla's electric driving II; system has been tested by the use of II o- similar method on board the collier II, Jupiter. 8he can be started, Btopped, 11 packed and maneuvered by ono man Iff Troth the bridge. Navy officers ex-II, ex-II, ipeqt she-will be completed. in 1917. II,