The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-07
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ONE BATTLESH|P
What DreadnOught New York
viii Mean In Money.
SEVEN OTHERS BUILDING.

CURED to Maintain Flock OF Feace
Doves" For Uncle Sam.
What does the battleship New York
mean?
It means $12, S33,9S0 worth of steel,
iron, wood and powder, all made into
a first class or Dreadnought type of
fighting vessel and named after the
state of New York. It is $1,000 tons
of destruction which will be put afioat
In approximately two years to either
maintain peace or enforce the man
dates Of war.
The battleship New York means the
largest and latest fighting ship in the
world. It is a peace dove" accord
ing to advocates of larger and great
er navy.
The department has just completed
or has under construction seven other
battleships of the Dreadnought type.
One of these, the Texas, a sister ship
Of the New York, will cost within
81 100000 as much as the New York,
and the six others viii cost between
81, s44, 445 and SIC, 1854, 2S1 apiece.
What a 5attlsship Means.
Here is what battleship means,
figured out by naval experts:
The battleship New York, known to
experts as battleship No. "a, is being
constructed at the Brooklyn navy
yard. Congress appropriated $4,000, 900
for the construction of the hull and
the machinery. It was not enough,
and work on the vessel had to be stop
ped. Secretary of the Navy Meyer is
now appearing before the naval COM
mittees of the house and senate asking
|. for an additional $1,50O,O00 to complete
the work.
If the battleship New York is con-
structed at the Brooklyn yard the hull
alone win cost approximately $4,000
600; the machinery, boilers and steam
and electrical appliances $2,693,O00,
making total of 81, 293, 900.
Then come armor and armament
The armor, which viii protect the vital
parts of the ship and the guns and
magazines, win cost approximately
So 1000 900. The guns and other arma-
ment viii cost S2,540,98 This latter
sum is divided as follows:
Ten fonrteen-inch guns at AGO
apiece, $T47, 600.
Twenty-one fYe-inch 81 caliber guns
at $1,000 apiece, $193, 200.
For the balance OF the armament
funds, 81, $780, $50, comprising four
three FOUNDERS, two one-pounders, S.
A.; two three-ineh F, two 30-eaHber NJ
and four twenty -one-inch submerged
torpedo tubes.
10 this must be added the gun car
riages, magazine machinery and hoists
and all appliances necessary to the OPP
Grafton Of the big and little guns.
This makes total of $2,540,980 for
armament.
Arnnor Cost Is Great.
The armor around these guns con-
sists OF armor plate several inches in
thickness. It extends above, over and
below the guns: there are secondary
armors as well, all of which are
seu ~ eAc Aol q ihiol, AAAsa
Ing the total OF $o'o4O'9co, Tor arinor
ana armament,
Next comes the crew OF omcers ana
men There win be l,OO9 enlisted men
OF both the navy and marine corps
aboard and sixty-three officers. After
the ohcers ana men are taken ABOARD
coal ana ammunition ION peace Dasisl
are taken aboard The amount OF coal
ls tremendous. Il is estimated that the
New York viii use under ordinary con-
ditions 1876 tons OF coal annually.
This amount Of coal win cost approx
mately SD ,9o8, or about s.. 66A per ton.
me pay OF the officers Sor one year
viii amount to $s4,5s9, the enlisted
men of the navy $SO1, 4sS and the en-
listed men of the marine corps 81, T40
. year, making total payroll for the
personnel Of the vessel Of s4o3, 762.
The maintenance OF the enlisted men
OF the vessel for year amounts to-
committed rations. S1,6Ss. and cost of
provisions, $os.459, making total Of
Sloo.l47.
Heavy Ammunition Cost.
The ammunition the shin would use