Milford chronicle., 1909-02-19

sick, William ID. Denney, John ID Town
send. George A. Elliott, a. B. Conner
Thomas Curry, Edmund Mitchell anC
Miss Emily Mitchell, -Colone
W. Z. Stoyer, Majors Z. @. Bradford
William d. Marshall, w. G Ramsay snC
J Mrs Ramsay, A. r. Hart and c. A. Short
Lieutenant Colonel II. q. Cavansugh
= Secretary of State and Mrs. Daniel o
Hastings Lieutenant-( az Mrs
John W. Mendinhal Insurance COmmis-
: sioner and Airs. c. Il N u J, Miss An e
PenneWill Canal, the sponsor, and her
aides, Misses Ellen T.. DUPONT and
Frances Hazel, DR.. and Mrs. Lawrence
VI. Caball, Judge and Mrs. James Penne-
will, Representative II R. Burton, Miss
Lean Burton, COngressman-elect William
H Head, Mr.. and Nrs Josiah Marvi ,
r j. Macleau, Hon. and Mrs. Joseph /.
Cahall, Colonel Theodore Townsend and
Miss Pauline Townsend, Chancellor John
r. Nicholson and Miss Nellie Nicholson,
Judge William II. Boyce, Speaker Thos
o Cooper, Senators Darlington, Finn,
Joseph life and Mrs. Iiife j. Herman
Anderson and A. Roy Hart, Representa-
tlves Newton /. GTubb, Clinton L VIII
hanson, Walter DOnOhOe. Oscar {. Welch
and William NJ Hazel and Miss Eva
Hazel, ex Senator Anthony Higgins,
Senator Daniel Corbit and ex-senator and
Mrs. K r Kenney, Clement B. Hallam
and Harrie A. Bell, John Cannon Short,
Cornelius p Swain, Thomas AXE, wiz
lard w. Wright, Misses Sarah Fooks,
Essie Phillips, Bessie Hastings, Nola
Yingling Carrie White, and Messrs Will
liam Cooper, Srman Marvel, Norman
Ward, and Raul Torbert
At the luncheon, Calvin B. Or
cutt, president of the Newport News
Shipbuilding Company, was toast
master. Toasts were responded to
as follows: The President, Judge
James Pennewill of Delaware "Old
Dominion, Congressman Jones Of
Virginia Delaware, Governor
Pennewill; "Battleship Delaware,
ex-senator Anthony Higgins Of
Delaware The Sponsor. eN- Sec |
retary Of State Joseph L Cahall Of
Delaware.
In addition speeches were made |
by Colonel l. w. G. Waller, L. s. |
Marine Corps Congressman Hiram
r. Burton of Delaware ; Josiah Mar
vel of Wilmington, and Walter A.
Post, general manager Of the New
port News Shipbuilding Company.
Compared with the battleships,
completed or under construction Of
the navy of any foreign country, the
Delaware surpasses all. She is one
Of four sister ships authorized by |
Congress, which will form an in
domitables squadron The other YES
sells are the North Dakota, being
built at Quincy, Mass, the Florida,
which will be built at the New York
Navy Yard, and the Utah, to be
built at Camden, New Jersey.
Tne Delaware is to carry as heavy
armor and as powerful armament
as any known vessel of its class
will have a speed of 2I knots, which
is believed to be the highest practi-
cal for a vessel ofthis type and class,
and will have the highest practica-
bic radius Of action. The arrange
ment of her main battery guns is
such as to permit broadside fire IS
per cent greater than that of the
Droadside fire of any battleship now
built, or, so far as is known, under
Her defensive quail
ties other than those dependent
lpon armor protection, are such as
% give the maximum degree of pro-
ectiOn to all the vital portions by
means of unusually effective COM
)artmental subdivision, so that in
with her armOr protec-
ion, the defensive qualities Of this ,
,essel are believed to be distinctly .
superior to those of any battleship ,
hitherto designed. The hull is pro- q
ected by a water line belt of armor /
feet in width, whose maximum
thickness is II inches. This armor B
'elt gives effective protection to the
,oilers, machinery and magazine
PAGES. The side above the main .
rmor belt is protected by armor b
even feet three inches wide and of g
maximum thickness of ten inches. +
Above the main easement armor {
the side is protected by o
rmor of FIVE inches thickness, c
'hich affords protection to the !
moke pipes, and the major portion "
f the secondary batteries Of five o.
ich guns and the hull structure. a
The plans for the Delaware were G.
by the Board of Construc- o.
on in competition with plans sub
lifted by various naval architects
nd shipbuilding companies and
ibmitted to special board under c.
lie presidency of the former Assis-
mt Secretary Of the Navy, T. H. :,
ewberry, and later approved by :,
The contract for the Del ~
ware was placed August 5th, 1907, be
a price Of S3,987 900, to be built ra
accordance with the departments &C
sion for bofb htr1l aud raCi,,,{ooaf on