Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21
POWER ON THE SEAS
British Warships First Among
NavieS of the World.
SECOND PLACE UNDECIDED
United States and Germany Run
ming Close Together-Strength
of Other Nations.

According to the Navy Year Book. just
issued, Britannia still rules the waves.
she occupying first place among the
navies of the world, with Germany and
the United States neck and neck for sec
ond place. British battleships number
seventy, with forty four arnored cruisers,
the combined displacement of the two
classes being 1.SO9. $50 tons. The battle
ships of the United States are thirty-six
In number, added to which are fourteen
armored cruisers. with a total of 76s, al
tons. If the Charleston, the Milwaukee
and the st. Louis are considered as
armored cruisers the combined total dis
placement of the two classes would be
ET,341 tons, as against Germany's conf
bined total of 7s7.sss tons.
Total of All Glasses.
Taking into consideration all classes
tain has a total of $50. with a COM
Gined tonnage of 2.324,,N. Germany
comes second with 26S vessels, of a total
OF 1.0S7, 399 tons. The United States
stands third. with 1917 vessels of all
O66 tons. The other nations. i'm the
order of the naval power are France,
Japan. Russia. Italy and Austria.
Great Britain's battleship fleet, COM
prising vessels of 1o.0OO tons or over. num-
beers a. Germany has Of this class 81
vessels. and the United States 30. Eng
land has no strictly coast defense ships,
while Germany has s and the United
States 4. Great Britain far surpasses
either Germany or the United states IN
and torpedo boats. having 223 of the
first, as against Germany's 12l and
Americas 30, and 80 of the latter as
against Germany's 10 and Americas Is
Where France Is Ahead.
France runs away from the other pow
ers in the matter of torpedo boats, hay
ing 200 Of these and s. torpedo boat de-
stroyers. OF submarines France owns
ST. standing second to England in this
respect. Albion owning 81 of the under
water fighters. Russia has 30 sub
marines, and the United States 3S, while
Germany has only "a.
Comparing the figures in this years is
sue of the Year Book. England has in
creased her total number Of war vessels
by twelve. last years total being 54S of
all classes, with a combined tonnage OF
2,173.S3S tons. The United States has
number last year being 175. totaling S24, :
162 tons. Germanys 265 last year has
been increased by Is, adding 1864 tons
to the aggregate.
Figures Of Last Year.
Last years figures showed that of bat
tleships and armored cruisers Great Brit
ain possessed 100. combined total, 1,66s. :
100 tons. The United States was second,
owning armored cruisers and battleships
to the number Of 80. of 74s.241 tons; and
Germany stood third, with 4s battleships
and armored cruisers. totaling 117,1s6
tons.
In the matter of armament the United
States Navy stands second only to Great
Britain. Our warships are armed with
124 12-inch guns, and "a guns of this
caliber are to be added to the number.
We have 30 13-inch guns. and 40 14-incf
gums are projected. Britain's armament
is 500 Finch guns built and projected.
and 164 18-inch guns, total of iSl big
guns. Germany has ii 11-inch guns, "A
Pinch guns and has 132 of the latter
caliber building with none OF larger size.
Names Of the Submarines.
Tho list Of submarine torpedo boats OF
the United States Navy contains some
strange sounding names. There are names
OF snakes. such as Adder" ..Moccasin. .
and Viper: and Of such fish as pike. :
"TaHpon," Bonita and "Grayling." The
animal kingdom is represented by the
"Cachalot" and the "Walrus." Other
queer names are: Turbot, Narwhal. Skip
Jack, Garfish, Orca, GrampuS, Stingray
and Barracuda. All Of these names
however. are now displaced by letters and
numbers, such as AL. Az, etc.
The navy yearbook was founded by the
late Pitman Pulsifer, and since his death
II has been edited by Woodbury. Pull
sifer, his brother.