The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-16
OUR NAVY WILL
Be SECOND To
THE BRITISH

Pitman Pulsifer, author of the navy
year book, and until recently clerk Of
the senate naval committee. issued
series Of comparative tables recently
upon which he bases the assertion that
when everything is taken into consid-
GRAFTON, including the TWO new battle
ships to be authorized in the pending
naval appropriation bill, the United
States navy is little bit ahead of the
German navy in power and thereby
second to Great Britain. He indicates
that in the number of ships built and
building Germany has little the better
of this country, but greater tonnage
and bigger guns on the side of the
United States make up the difference.
Great Britain already has four
dreadnoughts, aggregating 1900 tons;
the United States four with 10000
tons; Germany three with 30 800 tons,
which includes an 1S.50O-ton battleship
completed since the last year book was
issued, and Japan one, having ~ POO
tonnage. Those provided for Will swell
this dreadnought list to British l., dis
placement $4,000; United States On
Guiding two provided in pending bill)
10, displacement 221 $50; Germany -,
displacement 275,00o; France, none
given; Japan 6, displacement 1lS,4l0;
Russia 1. displacement $4,000; and
Italy 4, displacement 10000.
Great Britain, when its ships now
provided for are completed, viii have
four hundred and ninety-eight warships
of 2,106,973 tons total displacement,
including three 25,000-ton battleships
of either twelve twelve-inch or ten
| thirteen and a -half-inch armament, as
we'll as one 25,000-ton armored cruiser
armed with eight twelveinch gums, not
| agreed upon when the year book was
| published There will be one hundred
and eight ,battleships and cruisers OF
! ,5Sl $50 aggregate displacement The
British ships, now carrying two hun
dred and sixty large guns, eleven-incl
and upward, will have three hundred
and eighty-six larger guns when al
craft provided for are finished
The United States. when its ships
completed and provided for are il
operation, Will have 119 war craft OF
S39,945 tons displacement, including 81
! battleships and armored cruisers. car
rying 204 large guns. OF the CRANE
total 146 vessels are already completed
! having 635, 706 tons displacement anC
1876 large guns, Al of the vessels being
battIeshps and armored cruisers
| Germany Will have 233 ships, Of
which 1919 are already completed /
VIII have altoge,her 46 battleships an,
armored cruisers, with displacement
Of 654,334 and 20S large guns.
France viii have 503 war craft o
766,903 tons displacement, including I,
battleships and armored cruisers. witt
20 large guns. OF all these 10 YES
sells are completed
Japan will have 191 warships o
493,704 displacement, including 80 bat
tleships and armored cruisers. Of 40S.
500 displacement. and us large guns o
which there are already completed II!
vessels.
Russia will have 224 vessels, of 4l2,
$50 displacement, including % BATH
ships and armored cruisers and 9S iarg
guns. Already complete are 200 YES
sells
Italy viii have l22 vessels, Of 80.
27S displacement, embracing > battle
ships and armored cruisers, and s.
| large guns