The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-16

bigness. To the naval expert THIS mag
nitude as expressed in gun power and
thickness OF armOr means simply
added power of Offense and defense,
but 10 the bluejackets it has also an
other meaning, namely, life in larger
community. The average red-blooded
young American loves 10 congregate
with his fellows. II is this instinct
which causes so many boys to leave
the farms for the cities. Now atioat
or ashore Yankee youth prefers 10 be
a member of the largest possible COM
munity
It means greater and more diversi-
fed opportunities for amusement anc,
in effect, greater liberty. Now the
naval tars who like TO have plenty OF
shipmates have their ambitions graft
ned on the new battleships. Each or
these monsters carries from $50 to
/ 600 men. which is upward of twice
IS many as found room on any Of the
battleships of which the nation was
so proud a scant dozen years ago
Almost equally important as con-
tributing TO the prestige OF these new
5atttleships among the bluejaekets IS
the fact that a DreadnOught offers
vastly superior opportunities for gun
play by the enlisted men and. when
YOU come down 10 il. il is the lure of
shooting with the big guns that at
tracts most boys TO the navy and
holds them there once they have en-
rolled in it's service. The term Dread
nought is synonymous with "all big
gun" ships. which means that one OF
these twentieth century death dealers
Eristles with two or three times as
many guns OF the largest size as could
be found on any one OF the battle
ships in which the nation was putting
its trust up TO few months ago. With
the big "barkers' thus multiplied II
means that just so many more Of the
lads aboard have opportunity 10 han
die the monster shooting irons, and
aside from winning a place in the blue
/ Jacket aristOcracy and having the sat
/ isfaction of handling the huge rifles
/ these favored jaekies get better pay
and have q chance et the money prizes
which Uncle sam hangs up for the
/ gunners who are most successful in
/ hitting the bullseye-
The Original Dreadnought.
Just here It may be we'll to pause
/ for a moment 10 remind our readers
of the origin of the name Dread
nought. which has come to have such
significance in the United States navy
fleets of the world. The origina
! Dreadnought was a British product
and she blazed a new path in battle
ship design. Prior 10 her appearance
the average battleship. whatever hel
nationality had been armed with fOul
1z-inch or I3-inch breech-loadins
rifles, and with a variety OF less pow
erful hitters. including S-inch, 5-incf
and 3-inch guns, and so on through
the whole category of standard
weapons down to the 1-pounders. Tit
policy in the DreadnOught was 10 cur
tail the number OF guns OF lesser i'm
pOrtance-parucul what might 81
termed the intermediate guns. such a.
the S-inch and the 5-inch-and Il
place dependence almost wholly upOI
the hieh-pOwer. long-range thundereT
The naval novelty that John Bul
produced in the DreadnOught i'm
pressed other world powers so favor
ably that almost all the leading ma
tions. including the United States, fol
lowed this example. and thereupol
the word DreadnOught came to dis
tinguish not merely a single ship. bu
the whole family of all big-gun shop;
no matter under what flag. Tn
United states now has four BATTLE
. ships of the Dreadnought class Il
service. Two more will be pu
through their PAGES within a yea
preparatory to joining the fleet, an
four others are under construction
When the entire fleet of new patterl
battleships is finished and paid 70
the array will represent a pretty pen
ny. for one of the largest size vessel
costs complete in the neighborhoo
of $4,000. geo.
Two Great Sister Ships.
The first or Uncle Sans Dread
noughts 10 make their appearance
were the South Carolina and Michi
gan. which took their places in GU
battleship fleet only a few month
ago. They are sister ships. that
exact duplicates of ore another. an
are 450 feet in length and eighty fee
beam or width. Each OF these bat
tIeships has eight of the 122-ine
guns and, IN the matter OF weapons
represents a policy of placing all one
eggs in one basket. for neither battle
ships has any other guns except III
three-inch and three-pounders, whie
are we'll enough for repelling a TOT
pedo attack. but would not be el
fectlve for long-range work.
The next brace OF armor-clads
apDear on our national horizon. IN
Delaware and the North. Dakota. haN
but Just been pronounced ready Il
duty. Each OF these ships is $40 fe'
in length and eighty-fiVe feet bean
t, and they go their predecessors one be
ter In the matter OF armament, Il
each has five huge revolving turre
instead OF four. and from these met
cheese boxes prOtrude the muzzzl'
OF ten OF the 122-inch guns. Nor
Il over these latest recruits TO our nav
strength do not show quite such
singleness OF purpose as distinguish
our pioneer Dreadnoughts. They a.
| primarily "big gun" ships, to be sur
but each has a very respectable Sc
ond line OF defense 10 fall back upe
IN the form Of fourteen of the vel
effective five-inch guns.
II II will probably not be man
months ere two more Dreadnough
will take their places in the lin
| These ships. which are now approach