Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-01-13
THE WORLDS GREAT.
EST BATTLESHIP
Fastest of Drcndnnughts Equipped
with Amcrlcnn TUrhine EnZlncS.

American genius and American pro-
ducts again stand prc-cmirent before
The world for the new United States
Dreadnaught battlcslp. the North Da-
kota. equipped with American turbine
steam engines. has Just made new
speed record for ships OF he, class
The North Dakota is the fastest bat
tleship of the Dr~adnaught type atioat.
as we'll as one of the two most power
ful hattleships III the world Size has
developed a maximum speed of .. 81
knots and TN average of 2l>&, both of
which are in excess %, tho best perform
ances Of her sister ships, the Delaware
of the country and the Bcllrophen OF
the British navy
In rttaininG this surprising speed the
Curtis turbine engines of the North
Dakota were forced to the development
of more horsepower than has been
reached by any hattleshIp afloat A
maximum of 81. $50 horsepower was re-
corded while 1855 horsepower was tho
mean amount. The maximum number
of revolutions Of nor propcllers was 2Si
minute. 1t was found that 80 revOlu-
| tinns were sufficient to maintain rhe
contract speed of 81 knots. Less coal
and water per horsepower were used 10
produce this enormous power than was
ever recorded on 4 battcsnir before
The North Dakota by her performances
took precedence AS gcnci al first class
, ba ttiesl1ip over any other aiioat. fler
sister ship. the Delaware, which was
given her trials over tie same course.
was in possession of 'nis horror by her
trial performances. bat the figures re-
| corded Tor the North Dakoia surpass
those of any DINER D,eadun,sht. There
| is but one such battleship aGoat At the
present time whose att,inmenls may OK
coed those Of She North Dakota. This
is tho Neptune. Just launched for tie
| British navy.
The Nep.une however, Will have to
attain figures much in excess Of speoti-
cations to accomplish this. The Bell
rophen Of the British navy. the hes
Of the European ba'tleships. has made
but oil knots, az compared with the
North Oak ota performance Of ?2.oa. No
completed. building or floating battle
ship of the German navy can challenge
the North Dakota In speed.
| The speed record of ihe Moth Dakota
is double triumph for America. .cot
only does it give US the fastest battle
ship I'm tho whole world but the very
enormous speed and remarkable ECON
| ony We're invented by an American and
| built in this country. Only a few years
ago Charles G.. Curtis was working In
| Schenectady. n. Y. perfeo ting his tur-
bne engine which stands highest in the
world of power to-day. When Curtis
! turbine was pronounced a success he
! disposed or it to the General Electric
| company TO be used to whirl thu mighty
electrical generators In the riany power
| houses scattered owe, the world. But
| Curtis reserved the marine rights for
his engine and later formed company
| for the manufacture Of turbine marine
engines which produced the giant units
aboard the North Dakota
III new Japanese Dreadnaught bat
tlcship lbuki is equipped with Curtis
turbine engines similar to those of the
North Dakota, and her performance has
been equally astonishing.