Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-09
BIG FLEET IS NOW
BEING BUILT FOR
The NAVY
Thirty-Three Vessels in Course
of Construction, a Fleet
Greater Than Was in Com.
mission During Spanish War
TEN THOUSAND MEN
WILL MANN THESE SHIPS

'~befi"i "rrssp"od~n". ~ tn. tternIdt
washing on Mas g iu % year. of
perhaps lcag ana hall he Amer
'ran navy Will be- reinforced nv "a
ilcci al a3 vessels. a greater lighting
force than mat at tho entire navy
when Do Spanish American var "a.
declared
There arc now on DE wa, in ihs
'arious government and private
yards Throughout the country. Sis
monster bHtti"ahips "a the FIRST class
thirteen torpedo boar dcsitoyDrs.
hirtccn submarine torpedo boats and
one collier There are no cruisofa
now under construction Tho navy
has about all 10 ships OF this class
needed lur practical pas posses.
4 majority 81 these new m"n.oi. war
arD more ihau hale completed 4
irv VIII require more than wear.
while a squadron or 80 uf them wii
ep into commission in less than
twelve months time. provided there
are no dciays IN the present work
Ih,s enormous amount of ship
'uilding shows the rapidity with
which the American navy u.s. develop
ms u these vessels were All IN
commission to day ana ready for ac
tive service, the United States would
ID" 'hc second naval power by large
margin, and would push Great Brltnin
tor FIRST place
As b. is however both German
and England viii sail new fleet OF
hattlofhlpF ont 10 sea hy the time
ne 3S vessels nov under contract ia
This country are ready FOR business
That VIII Just about tie the United
states and Germany for second place.
hu VIII leave England siill The great.
cost OF all sea powers
Tho hattlcships now nearing com.
plciioB are The Florida. Utah. Wyu.
ming, Arkansas. New YORK and Tex.
as All of these wnrships will take
he name OF Older vessels. some uf
Them veterans IN war For instance. |
iho Florida. Utah. wyoming and |
Arkangas succeed monitors which |
were built JUST before and lust after
ne wal with Spain az coast defensa
vessels They hal but one jurrot nj
first then two. ana were supposed 10
Zee able 10 defend haibor aRains AN
'n'mN's aJproach
The old Sow Y0rk was cruiser |
which Jaw service in the Schle, doe !
200 Sanilaso. and hc TeNas was an I,
old hatilcship oi IN, FIRST class which I
PLAYED prominent part la the Same |
campaign The name of he Texas I,
was rrtvnily changed TO 'hc san Mar.
COS. .gnd SD" was sunk a few weeks l
ago m target practice IN Chosap' !
hag
Ia support this new fleet Of baii'e.
ships. ihc government rs building .c
fleet col torpedo boat desiioycrs. an
teen in all When these are CON.
pi"ied. there will hr ~ destroyer. in
The navy. enough 10 throw o Gordon
around ai' The battshipp- in the nav
Tor their defense against attacks OF
th" torpedo fleet Of Zoe
As bias been the practice in tho
p@s'. The new dcSiroKcrs are mined
'or naval heroes When the list ~
comInodorcs is finally exhausted the
rear admiralg who gained fame Tor
ihoig fighting n. The daVs gone b,
VIII tglnish the names for vessels nf
thQ mosquito 'leet"
Names renowned in naval lore such
as Warrington. Mayani. Monaghan.
Triple, Walk., Anmen Patterson.
Tanning. Jarvis Henley. Boale. Jou
ana Jenkins VIII adorn the sterne 90
ne new torpedo boat dos,royert about
90 De- commissioned Practically all
ol the names used were those of
title used In the Amer
lean navy until zen wears apO
Fot tho purpose Of forming an at
acking fleet one thar can strike from
underneath. the government has iei
contracts or is building in It's own
ards. the thirteen submarine tor
lcdo boats Already there are twenty
vessels 81 ibis type IN the navy. mt
ihis number b. not regarded as
nuueh Othcr naval powers in re-
'ui wears have added materially tu
'pciI ueets of submarines. and. In or
Ger iu Keep abreast Of this advauce.
Woe nital states has found Is al "
iSa"le TO increase ite number az
'iPhters OF h. class io 3D.. or ncnrl,
We" the number boz service tWo wears q
iRo e.
Al OF thc new submarines are i,
named ior ulg Sea gsh The, sail be. /