The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-05
HARBOR AND
MARINE NEWS
SHIPPING TRANSACTIONS AND
NOTES OF INTEREST ALONG
THE BAY FRONT.

The steamers Captain Fritz and
Eugene from Choctawhatchee bay
points, arrived yesterday with good
cargoes of naval stores. Both vessels
are loading return cargoes and will
get away on their return trip soon.
The fishing schooner Caviare, of the
Saunders fleet. arrived in port yester-
day with catch Of $4,000 pounds of
snappers The Louise F. Harper with
1000 snappers was another arrival
during the day for this firm.
The schooners Norwich, Idelle and
Lonesome Girl were among the ar
rivals yesterday with cargoes of naval
stores.
II is expected that the large ex-
cursion steamer Baldwin, which was
recently purchased in Mobile by Capt.
Bonnie Edmundson, will leave that
port today for Pensacola, provided the
weather Is suitable. The Baldwin has
been on the docks in Mobile, being
placed In thorough condition since her
purchase, and upon her arrival will be
placed In the excursion trade between
Pensacola and Santa Rosa island. She
Is reported to be fine vessel for this
class of work.
The New York ard Texas.
Marine Journal: On this, and the
opposite page, are illustrated the bat
tleships New York and Texas, the
latest dreadnoughts yet ordered for the
U. s. navy, and a 15,250-ton torpedo
battleship of Italian design. The form
er have the following dimensions and
armament: Length on water line, 565
feet; extreme breadth, 95 feet, 2 5-8
inches; trial displacement, $1,000
tons; trial draft, % IL feet; total
coal bunker capacity, about 1850 tons;
coal and fuel oil carried on trial, 2,167
tons; speed on trial, minimum, 81
knots. The armament will consist of
ten 14-inch, As calibre rifles and four
submerged torpedo tubes in the main
battery, and in the secondary bat
terry twenty-one 5-inch rapid-fire
guns; there will also be four 3-pound-
er guns, for saluting, two 1-pounder
guns for boats, two 3-inch field pieces,
and two 30 caliber machine guns.
The torpedo battleship, besides her
displacement already mentioned, has a
length over all Of 492 feet; maximum
beam, 75.5 feet; draft, 25.5 feet; motive
power, turbines. total capacity $4,000
indicated horse power; speed, per
hour, "a knots; radius of action, at Is
knots per hour, 1000 knots. In arna-
ment, however, she differs radically
from the battleships. For instance
she has thirty underwater torpedo
tubes for the discharge of the long
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4.7-inch quick firing guns in individu-
al turrets: two 4.7-inch quick firing
guns in classmates, forward on the
main deck; ten 2.25-inch quick firing
guns. distributed forward and aft on
the bridges.
The ship will carry supply Of sig
ty automobile torpedoes, and, unlike
the deck tubes of the ordinary tor
pedo boat, these tubes can be reload
ed with perfect security while the ship
is actually attacking the enemy, IL II
be necessary.
The development of the torpedo, is
according 70 the Scientific American
leading some careful students of nava1
construction to believe, that that
weapon will be the ultimate arbitel
of future battles on the high seas, in
place of the big rified guns, although
the problem Of how to give the torpe-
do battleship heavy enough armor tc
Withstand the 14-inch guns of the
| present day dreadnought remains tt
be solved, as the projectile from this
weapon is capable of penetrating the
armor Of any battleship now af1oat, a
any range at which the hu1ls of thu
ships are visible, and a torpedo Graf
has to come much closer than that tt
/ get her work in. 1t may, however
as this writer points out, be possib1,
to work up system of heavy protec
tive decks, bow protection and water
| line betting, so that the ship woult
| have a good fighting chance to run tn
| gauntlet Of shell fire from a mod
ern dreadnought, and draw nea.
enough to discharge her broadside o
Inch, 40-knot torpedoes, before sh
was sent to the bottom, as she ulh
mately would be.