Bisbee daily review., 1911-08-27
BIGGEST BATTLESHIP :
 LAUNCHED AT QUINCY
Is Built by American Ship Yards for the Argen-
 tine Republic


 QUINCY, Mass, Aug 26.-Declared 10 have no equal afioat as a first-class fighting machine. the dreadnaught Riyidavia. the largest ship of war ROW building or under design and the first battleship ever built in the United States for a foreign power, was successfully launched from the yards Of the Fure River Shipbuilding company shortly after noon today. The Riverside is being built for the Argentine Republic. A sister ship. the Moreno, is under construction at Camden. N. J., and will soon be ready for launching
 As the big hull started down the ways with the golden sunbuTst on a field of blue and white the eolors of the republic of Argentina. flying from the stern, Sonora de Naqn, wife of the Argentina minister co the United States broke a gayly be-ribboned bot tie of champagne against the kea of the great ship and spoke words that gave the vessel it's name. In perform ing the christening ceremony Sonora oe Naon acted as proxy for Sonora Sonora Saenz Pena. wife of fhe pres ftient of the Argentine Republic
 Thousands chesred and waved their hats as the giant hull rushed into the water. Among those who witnessed the spectacle were a number of the South American diplomats who are spending the summer in New England, together with numerous naval officers from Chariestown, Brooklyn and else where and experts from naval de- partment and various shipbuilding Companies. all of whom have been greatly interested in the construction of the Rivadayia, which Is of a tyre which has come to be known among shipeuilding men as a superdread- .neugh;.
 Description of RivadaVis.
 Externally the Rivadavia closely resembles the British battleship Lion and the Arkansas and Wyoming of the United States Navy. In height she agrees with several of the latest Eng dish and American dreadnaughts. Her displacement, however. exceeds that CT even the greatest of the English and American battleships.
 Her large displacement of 26,500 tons is expected to make her very -seaviorthy and insure a high offensive and defensive efficiency. Her length is ,5S5 feet, beam 9S feet and normal draught 27 feet inches. Her height above the normal water line at the fcTecastle will be 9 feet inches. smidshtps p feet inches and astern r feet I inch. The super structure On the upper deck will be completely suppressed to avoid ob- struction of the arc of fire of thei main guns.
 The main aTmor belt has a uni form thickness of 12 inches and is 200 feet long. extending f feet 9 inches above the and feet 4 inches below the normal water line. In general the arrangement lof armor fellows English, American and Jap aHese ideas. but as regards thickness and distribution it resembles what has been adopted on the Japanese ships now building The vessel is di- Yided into numerous water tight com partments, fitted with electrically driven centrifugal pumps. which can be operated even when the compart- ment is completely flooded.
 The motive power is steam turbines and the coal bunkers have a capacity Of 4000 tons. The main turbines can develop 39,500 horsepower with one iAch Of air in the firerooms. The ship must make a speed of 221k knots an hour fur eight hours with a dis placement of 27,500 tons.
 The main battery of the Rivadavia Bin consist of twelve 12-inch guns. mounted in pairs in turrets, so that they they can all be fred at once In addition to the f2-inch guns her arma- ment will include twelve S-ineh and twelve finch guns, besides smaller field and salutiEg guns. She has two zT-inch submerged torpedo tubes. 4 new feature IS placing the axis of the Gtinch guns at l9 feet 6 inches above the normal water line in order to avoid the necessity of closing the rorts in rough weather and render ing the guns practically useless.
 There are two coming towers. one forward Of 12-inch armor, and the other aft of 9-incn armor. The fire control towers are located one on the auxiliary mast, enc above each con ming tower, one auxiliary station on each side of the ship on small inde- Tendent armored turrets, and one main control station within the casemate under the protective deck. The cleo tric power will be supplied by two main stations in duplicate, and there will be a third auxiliary station for Illuminating the ship and handling the turrefs in practice.
 
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