Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-11
$1.2,833,98o IN
ONE BATTLESH|P
What Dreadnought New York
Will Mean In Money.
SEVEN OTHERS BUILDING.

Doves" For Uncle Sam.
What does the battleship New York
mean?
1t means $12.S33,9SO 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. 1t is $1,000 tons
of destruction which will be put atloat
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. 1t is 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, sister ship
of the New York, will cost within
$1,6OO,OOO as much as the New York,
and the six others will cost between
$7,S44,445 and $10,954,2 31 apiece.
What q eattIsship Means.
Here is what a 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 So, 100000
for the construction Of the hull and
the machinery. 1t 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 $1,5O0O00 to complete
the work.
II the battleship New York is con-
structed at the Brooklyn yard the hull
alone will cost approximately $4,600,-
600; the machinery, boilers and steam
and electrical appliances $2,603,OOO,
making a total Of 81, 293, 900.
Then come armor and armament.
The armor, which will protect the vital
parts of the ship and the guns and
magazines, will cost approximately
$3,O0OOOO. The guns and other arma-
ment will cost $2,54O,9SO. This latter
sum is divided as follows:
Ten fourteen-inch guns at $74,7O0
apiece. $747.000.
Twenty-one fve-inch 81 caliber guns
at 5000 apiece, $193, 200.
For the balance Of the armament
funds, $1,6OO.78O, comprising four
three-pounders, two one-pounders, s.
A.: two three.inch F, two 3O-caliber NJ
and four twenty -one-inch submerged
torpedo tubes.
To this must be added the gun car
riages, magazine machinery and hoists
and all appliances necessary to the op-
Grafton Of the big and little guns.
This makes a total Of $780, $50 for
armament.
Armor Cost 10 Great.
The armor around these guns con-
sists of armor plate several inches in
thickness 1t extends above, over and
below the guns; there are secondary
armors as well, all Of which are
charged to the amount for armor, max
ing the total of $5,54O.990 for armor
and armament.
Next comes the crew Of officers and
men. There will be 1909 enlisted men
Of both the navy and marine corps
aboard and sixty-three officers. After
the officers and men are taken aboard
coal and ammunition ION peace basis)
are taken aboard. The amount of coal
ls tremendous. It is estimated that the
New York will use under ordinary con-
ditions 1886 tons Of coal annually.
This amount Of coal will cost approx
mately $44,90S, or about 268A per ton.
The pay Of the officers for one year
will amount to $S4,5S0, the enlisted
men Of the navy 1901 ,433 and the en-
listed men Of the marine corps $17,740
q year, making total payroll for the
personnel Of the vessel Of $4O3, 762.
The maintenance Of the enlisted men
Of the vessel for year amounts to-
committed rations, $1,8SS, and cost of
provisions, sos. 459. making a total Of
$10O.147.
Heavy Ammunition Cost.
The ammunition the ship would use
annually, projectiles and powder,
would am0ant to approximately &c.,
600, divided rs. follows: Projectiles, in
GLIDING torpedoes. $16,5o0; powder,
&53,5OO.
The cost Of the other Dreadnoughts
constructed in the last ten years, in.
GLIDING the Texas, is as follows:
Texas, authorized 1910; building at
Newport News, Va, cost 100000.
Florida, authorized May 13, 1908
building at New York yard: cost $1O..
964,2s1.
Arkansas, authorized March 3, 1909
building at Camden, N. j.; cost &c..
o10.s12.
Wyoming, authorized March 3, 1909
building at Philadelphia; cost $o.7S5,
SIP.
North Dakota. authorized March
1907; built at Quincy, Mass: cost
$s,234,445.
Delaware, authorized June %, 1906
built at Newport News Va; cost
$7,S44,445.