The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-05
BIG BATTLESHIP
FOR EACH STATE
Twenty-e EIGHT on the List at
Present and the Plan Is to
Increase the Number.
CRUISERS TO BE RENAMED
UTAH so FAR is OUT IN THE
COLD.
OspeciaI 10 The HeraId.)

Washington, Aug. 4.-Besides being in
z miXup about sending ships to the Pa
cific, the navy department has on hand
he perpleXing problem OF compliance
with the law which provides that battle
ships shall be named after the states of
the Union The trouble is that the de-
partment has run out of names. all of
The states, excepting one, having had
war vessels of one type or another named
after them. What adds to the trouble
as the fact that a lot of minor vessels
have been named after states, and these
states through their representatives in
congress, are now olamOring to have these
minor vessels renamed so that only the
big battleships may be named after the
states in the future.
BattIeships Named for States.
At present there are twenty-eight bat
tleships in the navy named after states.
These are the Alabama, Connecticut,
Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana. Maine,
Massachusetts. Michigan. Minnesota Mis-
sissippi Missouri, Nebraska, New Hamp-
shine. New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode
Island; south Carolina. Texas Vermont,
virginia North Dakota and Wisconsin.
The name Delaware has been given the
big battleship which was authorized by
the recent congress.
Eleven Big Cruisers.
Eleven cruisers have been named after
states. These are the California, Colo
RADIO Maryland, Montana, New York,
south Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Da-
kOta, Tennessee. Washington and West
Virginia. Then there are four monitors
named after states. they are the Ar
kansas, Florida, Nevada and Wyoming.
This makes in all fOrty-fOur states for
which vessels are named, Utah being the
only state not represented Some of the
cruisers are bigger than some of the bat
tleships. notably the Montana, which is
a D ION hfa Ia he "a
battleship. IS but II $40 tons. and the Tex
as but 63l5 tons. The cruiser Pennsyl-
vania, with 1860 tons, is larger than
many of the battleShipS. But even if the
cruisers are big vessels and likely in
fight TO make as good a showing as the
battleships, some of the states for which
they have been named are not satisfied
to be sponsors for what are classed as
second rate ships, and want the cruisers
renamed, after cities preferably, so that
as our fleet of battleships increases it
may finally have representative for
every state in the Union.
Big Ship for Each State.
Leading in the movement so as to have
their states eligible in furnishing names
for battleships are: Secretary of the NAVY
Metcalf who would like to see a first
class ship named after California: Sena-
tor Knox, who wants a battleship to
bear Pennsylvania S name, and Senator
Warren. who thinks Wyoming a state of
sufficient Importance to have a battle
ship representing it in the navy instead
of little monitor not much bigger than
a tug boat President Roosevelt, IT is
said, would like to see TIE state of New
York represented in the navy by a bat
tleship, even though the cruiser New
York is a very fine vessel of that class,
and it is possible ne may make some al
fusion to the matter in his next message
to congress, with the view to having the
whole tangle Strengthened out by suit
able legislation. The idea of a big bat
fns nah eru Ta fg r11v.
In some quarters, as a fleet with trout
rank Of fOrty-five first class battleships
would put the country in the lead in eff
fective naval ornaments.