Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-15
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| February . The vessel ou It's trial
trip. before being offered Geo the navy
department came up Geo the spcciti-
cations. making ~ knots an hour ON
the surface and from nine 60 l0ia
| knots while submerged. From this
! sh"Ning the inventor and those assoc
| ciatrd with him are confident that
! tbc new hpat viii nc accepted by tn"
navy department when IL b. given .ts
official trial
Plans have been tentatively arrane-
rd for tho boa, n" MAX, lbs trial ttip
from Sow YORK harbur to Bridgeport
| conn. being conveyed on tho cruise
| h> one pt the United states torpedo
! huatg iu charge of Hn officer 100 VIII
make detailed report @" Secretary
Ntlti. n the craft meets lll the re-
; quircmcuts of the navy department IL
Nill br accepted. but before u proves
the assertions mad" by captain Lake
90 Nill have Go cross tu, Atlantic
| ocean. Il tcpt never before attempted
hy submarine.
The boat is lGl feet IONS and It's
displacement ls about 1856 toms, the
largest aud most formidable sbbma-
riue over constructed FOR any govern
fncnt Il rs designed 60 travel alone.
its armament consists of SIX torpedo
tubes II carries q crew oi q. Room
t. also provided Tor ten Whitehead
totpcd"es II will probably Dee come
mandrd nA Lieutenant Kenneth Whit
ing ot the navy.
btit side of few SECRET features the
new submarine, dcstru, err is similar 60
other submarine boats II can travel
equally as well on the surface OF the
water as It can submerged or par
TALLY submerged Il H. expected that
the new boat viii be able 10 rrmaln
under water il necessary Tor 80 hours
ni "a time
Ia thrury there T. apparently moth
ing a. prevent 1t from travelling many
miles under che surface of tho ocean.
entering a mined harbor Whcre the
fleet of the enemy is safely anchored.
launching torpedo against a hostile
man-of-Nar aud blowing 10 To atoms
with one uf the Whitehead torpcdocs
u carries aboard The inventor Says
that the seal can travel along with "a
iloet 90 NHrshlpN az an auxiliary ANA
In an engagement b" called upon for
the most effective work. II Is ALSO
pointed out by captain Lake that TIA,
new vessel VIII be a mighty factor
IN coast defense work, pciug equal Ia
effectiveness 10 several battlcships.
There H. nothing to prevent the
complete annlhilation of q fleet of
hostile ships approaching any of our
ports. II ~ claimed. should a suoma-
tino cot the type OF the Seal be- sta
at - a..
the vessel could slip out of harhor day
or nlght when hostile fleet Is sight
80. sink below the surthr, of tn,
OCEAN and approach th. fleet withuu,
notice fhr havoc such boat could
create with Us deadly torpoducs could
well Doc imagined
The possibility pf greatly reducing
the ultimate cost of furtiN ing the
Panama canal, Pearl harbor, Hawai-,
aud adding greatly tn the defcuses of
the Philippines - apparent tp navy
department experts through the uc-
uuirement 81 such ships should the
trial of the seal meet expectations
Chicf among the new features of
TIA, Seal are hydroplancs similar TO
the planes of an airship, designed 10
steady the boat and hold II on even
Keel \ drop Keel Weighing several
toms Is another feature. II can hc
severed from the hull Of the hoht dur
ing an accident and thus add tu the
puoNnncy of the vessel Tho boat rs
also equipped with wheels which pre-
vent hard contact with the ocean bed
when submerged IN, VrSs. a equip
ped with powerful gasoline engines
fo' propulsion on the surface and
storage batteries for under water
The trial probably viii ho made about
June 1,