The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-30

fhe North Dakota Can Travel 5000
Miles Without Reeoalins.

Miles without hecoalina.
The people Of the United States re-
Gently, and It Is safe TO say somewhat
to the surprise Of d large number of
them, found themselves at the top OF
the list in naval matters In fresh re-
spect. They discovered that so far as
battleshIps are concerned they had
done just what Great Britain did In
commercial vessels when the two great
Cunarders came out. They had cap
tured from the world the battleship
records at one sweep,
In the sister ships, the North Da-
kota and the Delaware, America has
two unequaled war vessels. OF the
two the trial trips seem to indicate
that the North Dakota leads. SO mark
ca are her accomplishments In some
particulars that she has been declared
to be In class by herself.
Equipped with turbine engines OF
American design and construction, a
detail IN which alone she differs from
her sister ship, which Is fitted with
reciprocating engines, the North Da-
kota broke the speed record for bat
tleships and demonstrated that she has
a greater steamine radius than any
other. The dispatches indicate that
when steaming at Z knots an hour
she can travel 1900 miles, or nearly
three-quarters the distance from New
York TO san Francisco BY way Of the
Magellan strait, without recoaling. At
10 knots an hour she can travel ap-
proximately 1900 miles without refill
ing her bunkers, while she could reach
the European coast when travelling at
her maximum average speed Of 2lM
knots, d speed exceeded by only eight
transatlantic linSrs
This vast steaming radius is due TO
her modest coal consumption in pro
portion to the horsepower produced
and made effective IN the turbine en-.
gines According TO the figures given
out by the builders. on her trial trip
she burned less coal at the speeds Of
IL and 10 knots ain hour and on the
maximum speed developed more horse
power and made higher speed than
did the Delaware. The fastest run
over a measured mile for the North
Dakota was at the rate Of 22.25 knots
an hour. while the DeIaware's best
speed was 2l.oS knots The average
Of ave high runs for the former was
2i.S3 knots and for the latter 2l.44.
The fun power trial horsepower devel-
oped was 3I.400 for the North Dakota
and 2s.600 for THE Deiaware The
North Dakota's record was slightly
aud Unexpectedly surpassed By the
smaller British battleship Vanguard Of
the Dreadnought type In the course
OF her eight hour trial she attained a
speed Of 22.4 knots.
Ia offensive and defensive details the
North Dakota and her sister ship are
the superlors or any other fighting
ships atioat They carry ten twelve
inch rifles 10 FIVE turrets besides four
teen tiye-inch rapid fire guns and
secondary battery Of twelve runs Of
the one ana three FOUNDER types The
twelve inch guns throw projectiles
weighing $40 pounds each, $40 pounds
Of powder being required for the pur-
pose, With this force behind them It is
estimated that the guns can throw
these shells a distance of twelve miles
and force them through steel plate
eleven inches thick at distance Of
five miles.
The United states Will not be behind
In the race II other nations launch Yes-
seis the equal Of the North Dakota,
for the Arkansas. the Florida and the
Utah, now on the ways, viii be greater
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