Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-19
Michigan Has Trials on
Rock|snd Mile Course.
The Relative Merits Of Three
Courses Are Being Tried.
Best Mile at 1854 Rate --Tests
, s.:' Will Be Repeated Today.

Kockland. Me, May 1S-'rhe battle
ship Michigan. which is supposed to
be the acme of perfection in the 49,
600 ton class. was sent over the meas
ured mile course off Rockland TODAY
FOR ~ successive runs. varying in speed
from II knots to better than 10 knots.
Her fastest mile was at the rate of
1884 knots an hour, which exceeded by
more than half knot the fastest mile
she made. in the builders acceptance
Standardization trial. Good as this
showing was it fell proportionally be-
low the gDreadnoughts achievement
when on her final acceptance trials
she averaged 1912 knots Tor four hours.
The members of the trial board made
clear the fact that the Michigan was
not working up to her ability today
ana that the trials which are being
MADE to test the relative merits of the
RockIand, ProvincetoWn and Delaware
BreakWater courses are not designed to
bring out the speed capacity of the
several ships, but to demonstrate how
much horsepower is developed or en-
ergy used to maintain similar speeds
on the three courses.
The Michigan went onto the course
today under conditions that were near
ly as favorable as those which greeted
the destroyers Reid and Flusser yes
terday. but gale. springing up from
the southwest. soon caused a very
cheppy sea, which would have made a
trial by the deStroyers almost an i'm
possibility. An Irregular current prov
ed further handicap, but fortunately
none of the runs had to be thrown out
for that reason as is sometimes the
case.
The Michigan began her days stunt
with three runs at the rate of III
knots. increasing her speed Il knot on
three succeeding runs The ship then
was sent over the mile five times with
view to reaching speed that would
be Il fraction better than 10 knots The
average of these runs was 1927 knots
The remaining runs We're at the follow
ing rate: Three at 1917 knots. three
at 1414 knots and three at IL knots
The maximum of propeller revolu-
tons was 12479 per minute. The av-
crage number of propeller revolutions
for the five high speed runs was 121.7
per minute. The ship will be sent onto
the course at \. NJ tomorrow to re-
| peat her standardization test of today
The claim has been made that stand
ardiZation trials would not produce the
same result on successive days if the
| conditions We're different as to weather
and tide and in the tests of the three
| Atlantic coast trial courses each ship
of the three selected for the purpose
will be given two trials on each course.
The tofpedobOat destroyers Reid and
| F'lnsSor Will repeat their tests tOmOr-
| row if the weather is Favorable These
| tests will be followed by the final gov
eminent acceptance trials OF the torpe
! dOhoat destroyer Smith. Her four
| hour endurance run will be made in the
| direction of Provincctown and the
members OF the trial board will go
| along with her for continuation on
| the PrOVincetOWn course of the tests.
| In addition to the tests, the torpedo
boat destroyer Lamson will have her
| final acceptance trials at Province
| town. The final acceptance trials of
| the destroyer Preston will not be held
| until late in the summer