The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-26

lr. that while the Indiana cannot fire
her guns dead ahead or dead astern. the
new ships can bring their guns to bear
in any direction. 50 that the effective
power Of the batteries il doubled in a
big sea fight.
II l. not probable that the double
deck plan OF arranging guns in a turret
will he repeated. So rapidly DO
the designs OF warships change
that already objections have
been found to the double
deck plan that are regarded as suffi-
cient TO prevent II being used again.
The naval experts are opposed TO II
chiefly because It places the guns Of a
ship too close together and affords too
great an opportunity for the crippling
~ the main batteries by the one shot.
Two batteries. separated by a wild
space on a battleship. are less likely To
be damaged To such an extent as to
render all the guns useless. as Is a bat
terry made up OF two batteries in one.
While the double-deck turret would
perhaps be smashed by one b~roadstde.
turrets in separate parts Of the ship
would he less likely to he hit stimuli
~taneously.
Another change Is the substituting OF
"a 5-inch rapid-hre guns for the s-inch
guns of the older b~attleships. The y
inch gun throws a she'll weighing so
pounds. while the S-lnch gun throws
one Weighing $50 pounds. but II Is con-
sidered more effective 10 pour In a rap
ia fire 81 smaller shells than "A slow one
OF heavy protectiles.
To guard against torpedo attack the
new ba%ttleshlps viii be armed with "a
! battery % ~ 6-pound guns. and the
fighting tops Will be fitted with Calling
guns to pour In a bullet fire OF an en-
emy's decks. There VIII be Ave torpedo
tubes on zach ship. The crews VIII
consist Of 80 officers and $50 men.
An Innovation on the Alabama Is the
elliptical turret. In the circular turret
II was found that there was space
wasted on the sides which could better
be used In the section behind the run,
and the elliptical turret was designed
on his account. The Alabama carries
four l3-inch guns. the two forward
guns being at the unusual elevation Of
26ia feet above the water line. This
elevation Is made possible by the add
tion OF a deck running three-quarters
OF the ships length. thus increasing the
freeboard 10 20 feet. The freeboard OF
the Kentucky Is only - feet. There
will be IL 6-inch guns On the Alabama
and no S-inch guns. These 6-inch guns
fire a 100 pound shell that Is capable ~
penetrating 10 inches of iron. The gun
ners viii be protected by five and a
half inches Of steel. These 6-inch bat
1 NfINtE VI WV AaUdAAA WIN W alA
OF airing a mass OF iron with the enor-
nous energy Of 225. 600 fOot-tons a min
ute.
Here are the exact dimensions and
armament Of the two classes OF bat
tleships building:
Kentucky-Nater line length. 36s
feet; beam. - feet pa inches; draught.
% feet s inches: freeboard forward, IA
feet ? inches. fTeeboard aft. Is feet
Inches: displacement. l1.525 tons. speed.
10 knots: coal supply. 40 tons: horse
power. 10. 900: armor nickel steel. water
line belt. l6L inches: side armor above
belt. s inches: turret armor. IL and 10
inches: barbette armor. Is inches, con-
ming tower. 10 inches: protective deck.
pa inches. armament. main battery.
four 3-inc guns sub-main battery,
four s-lnch uns secondary battery, IA
5-inch rapid-hre gunE, 20 ~6-pounder rap
id-hre guns.
Alabama-water line length. 3sS feet;
beam. y feet 2is nChes drsught, q
feet 8 Inches: freeboard forward, e
feet: f~reeboard aft. 10 feet 3 inches. dis.
placement, 1i.52O tons. speed. Is knots.
coal supply. 500 tons: horse power. TO-
900; srmor nickel steel. water line belt
IsI. inches: side armor above belt. 81.
inches; turret armor. IL and Is inches,
barbette armor. 10 and 10 inches; con
ming tower. 10 inches. protective deck
"a To 4 inches; armament. main bat
terry. four i3-inch guns sub-main bat
terry. IL 6-inCh rapid-tire guns. second
airy battery. Il 6-inch rapid-hTe guns
six i~-pOunder rapid-fre guns.