The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-12-03
RN[ ADDITION
|TO OUR NAVY
.,M|sship Florida viii be the
Pride of the Seas
NI1(LASSESALL OTHERS
,umpose Vessel is Being Constructed
tho Government Navy Yard at New
yod Particulars of Construction

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No recent trial trip of the battle
\ North Dako'a, off the coast of
,se proyes that at the present writ
she American navy has the largest,
ssst and most powerful battleship
al But, so rapidly does the inter
snal game Of naval see-Saw go that
mssible that even by the time this
mbGshed Great Britain. Germany or
M other nation, may have produced
that will surpass it.
me 10000 ton super Dreadnaught,
I9ih Dakota, developed a maximum
a Of 2.25 knots and 80, $50 horse
ven ecIlpsing the record of her Sis
Aip, the Delaware, which had her
tuk over the same course on October
The North Dakota is now we'll en-
M to be called the greatest battle
mn the world. Not even the Nep-
NJ the first super Dreadnaught just
IQahed for the British navy, is likely
susl her, and the Bellerophone, the
ssn ship Of the British navy at the
Resent time, is outclassed in every
krteular.
There is in course of construction at
kNew York Navy Yard, however, a
ktteship for our navy which will
kiHe the North Dakota, The Flor
has the mass of steel and iron will
J shristened when launched next
klng-will be the largest, fastest and
st powerful battleship in the entire
Swn.
| The Florida is three feet longer and
pO tons heavier than the North Da-
ba the largest, the fastest and most
kSafuI batlIeship ahoat today, She
designed to be nearly three knots
klr and much more heavily armed.
fact, she will be able to throw a
radside Is per cent heavier than any
nT battleship ahoat. When it is
nmbered that the North Dakota
hfrs broadside of 10 ono pounds,
ne tons, the tremendous size and
.e Of the Florida become apparent.
k FLORIDA will be an entire navy in
Pel. A single broadside from her
hwlll be nearly twice as heavy as
etdDewey's entire Manila fleet.
The Florida will be tweuty-one feet
fgr, $500 tons heavier and the rela-
Rsstrength of her battery will be "a
eeent greater than the BelIerophon
The British navy.
M great Connecticut, for years the
en ship of our navy and still the
Bot battleship in American COM
aaOn 1.-THE North Dakota and the
aware will not be placed in COM
,sDn until next year, will seem
al beside the new Florida, for our
lsl levlathan is to be heavier by g.
Tons, or about the entire displace-
a Of the Inflated battiesulp Maine.
he Florida is to be 52l .eet long and
I'ghty.fve feet beam. Her dispIace-
twill be q, 1925 tons, she is ex.
Eted to develop 3S, 0OJ horsepower
attain a speed of twenty-five knots.
,ael main batteries vii consist of
lu'e IL inch breech-.otdiug rifles,
xalnst the North DahoJa'S ten r.
3 and the ConnecticU' /. All of
Finch guns will be capable of be-
nfed IN a broadside, and the weight
nef broadside will be- 1000 tons.
secondary batteries Hiil be com
Of fourteen 6.inch rapid fire
iour l.pound semi-automatr
u TWO S-inch field pieces and two
4 'nlne guns. The COS, Of one broad
WI be nearly $40, OOO. in addition
VIII be equipped with two 2l-inch'
n w'ged torpedo tubes. j.,
~ ae' armor belt will be Twelve inches
I" NJ ana her engines Curtis turbines
lug a!est improved type When she
%mpleted she will resemble the
- dakota, with two funnels and
a.aced masts, fore and aft. A
~ nine hundred officers and men
" necessary to man her and the
Y s :, n will have to eXpend more
MW,W a year to keep her in
Keel Of the Florida was laid last
ana since that tine the air in
IenI'y Of the New York Navy
nus resounded with the busy
a q pneumatic hammers and the
y tne bolts az strip after strip Of
~ Y united into place, At the pres.
ume she Ia nearly 10 per cent com.
~. although to look at her as she
N The stocks she seems little
v va begun. Nearly Il thousand
uI TWO hugh cranes are at work
M, and Naval Constructor
'issses who Ia personally superin-
= Me construction work, declares
~ viii be launched in the spring.
the Utah, a sister ship,
q = being built by private con-
~ ,1urther along in construction
Y florida, naval experts predict
after will be Completed first
g exciting race In progress
the builders of the Utah and
@ and much Is at stake on
y the Florida be turned