Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-31
SUBMARINE MARVEL
70 Be GIVEN Trial
GOVERNMENT 70 TEsr VESSEL
THAT MAY REvoLUTloNlze
NAVY.
DOES MANY MANEUvERs
ON AND UNDER WATER
ias eems Features Similar 60 Aero.
plans-Two Others Of Same Type
Under Course Of construetien-Navy
pspartmsnt Giving Much Attention
To Submarine Development.

To Submarine voIopmene.
Especial Correspondence
Washington. March 31.-The largest
and most formidable submarine ever
constructed for the service Of the Unit
ed States government will be given q
trial trip within q short time. II the
craft proves q success. IT will have .
large bearing on the future Of the navy.
will tend to increase the importance OF
subsurface war vessels. and at tho
same time to lessen the Importance OF
the great battlesh!p. The experiment.
will be watched with the keenest inter-
est in navy circles.
The submarine in question Is the
of the Newport News Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock Company by the Lake Tor
pedo Boat Company. Last February 8.
the vessel was launched. The finishing
touches are now being put on the Seal
and il her trial trip shows that she can
accomplish what the inventor, Captain
Simon Lake, maintains she can. the
government will accept her and will
pay the contract price.
Itinerary Of Cruise.
1t is the intention to cruise to New
York with the boat on her trial trip
and then to Bridgeport, Conn. the
Headquarters Of the Lake Torpedo Boat
Company. Later. 1t is expected the
strange and seemingly uncertain craft
will be sent across the Atlantic.
AS matter Of fact. the boat about
to be tried out is much larger than the
submarines now in use In the navy. 1t
Is a vesse! Of considerable size and. II
It comes up to specifications and prom
Uses, 1t will he capable Of going long
distances. It's length Is 1S1 feet and
It's displacement about 535 tons. The
government contract calls for fourteen
knots speed but It Is expected to make
sixteen knots. This IL when the sub
marine Is travelling on the surface.
Tho submerged speed called for by the
contract IL nine and one-haH knots.
The cruising radius on surface and at
an economical speed Is expected to be
over $500 knots.
Submarine 0readnsueht.
The Lake Company, which IL under
contract to construct tho boat, terms
the Seal 4 submarine dreadnaunght
and represents that Il Is designed -.
pecially for long ocean cruises In rough
weather. II is designed to travel alone.
without being accompanied by q ten
der. The armament consists Of SIX
torpedo tubes and room aboard 10 pro-
vided for ten torpedoes. The crew will
consist Of about twenty-five members.
Lieutenant Kenneth whiting Of the
navy - now In command.
Does Many Tricks.
As with other submarines, the Seal
N4NNS
submerged or completely submerged. In
from travelling for many miles under
surface, entering a harhor unobserved.
poking about below water until It finds
the hull Of a battleship within easy
reach, and then blowing It out Of the
water with q torpedo. II the Seal can
travel as its inventor expects it to.
there is nothing to prevent 1t going
along as an auxiliary with q feet Of
battleships and in an engagement
sneaking quietly under the surface in
to the very midst Of the feet Of the
enemy. In fact. II the Seal bears out
all the representations made concern
Ing 1t, 1t is easy to see that naval war;
fare will be to q large extent revolu-
tionized.
Like An Asroplans.
Among the features Of the new sub
marine are hydropIanes. These corre-
spond to the planes of an aeroplane.
They are designed for the purpose Of
steadying the boat and holding it even
when under the water. Another fea-
ture is the drop keel. which weighs
several tons, and can be released in
case Of an accident, thus adding to the
buoyancy of the vessel. On the bottom
- ,s,hAn cd m
protect the bottom when the vessel
drops down to the bed Of the ocean.
Various other features are important in
the construction Of this type Of SUBJ
marine. Tho provisions for the safety
Of the crew are as complete seemingly
a. they can be made. Enough storage
air II provided for forty eight hours
under water. The vessel il provided
with powerful gasoline engines which
propel her when running at the sur.
face. But under the water, the power
Is furnished by storage batteries.
Some delay has been experienced in
getting the Seal finished. The reason
for this il the difficulty Of getting the
intricate machinery and appliances
provided. None but the most skilled
machtnists are used in the work. The
crew will be made up Of volunteers and
every man Will nave GOOD knowledge
Of the way to handle the vessel and
Will know what IL to be done in an
emergency.
Thrse Of Same Type.
The Seal Is one Of three submarines
Of the same type being constructed for
the government. The Tuna ana Turbot
are the others. The Tuna is being
constructed 1t the Newport News yard
and viii be completed this year and the
Turbot Is being CONSTRUCTED at the yard
Of the Lake Company 1t Bridgeport.
The navy = giving much attention
to submarines these days. Thirteen are
now being constructed. Five Of these
are being built on the Pacific coast at
Seattle and San Francisco. Most Of
the submarines are the Holland or Hol-
;and-Ulectric type. The names given
- submarines arc names Of dsh, the
following being few OF them: Carp.
Plckerel. Skate. Sturgeon. Thfasher,
Nautilus, 0arflsh. and Salmon.
John ". eickeismith. Greensboro
Pa. has three Children. ana ike most
children they ffNquoatly take cold. I'VE
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