Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27
GREATEST NAVAL
SHOW PLANNED
WarshIps TO Be Modified at
New York In October,
TAFT WILL REVIEW ARMADA
More Than 100000 Tons Of Fighting
Ships and Naval AuSiliaries In tho
Dispiay-Entire Fleet Will Be Hunt
mated on Two Nights.

mated on Two Nights.
The greatest naval show in the his
tory of the United States Is TO be Tie
Gift of the government TO New York in
October, when a great line of arnIoF
clads and lesser naval craft will be rs
sembled In the Hudson river. More
than 100000 tons of fighting ships and
naval auxiiaries will be in the dis
play. and of this grand total more than
100000 tons will be super-Drend-
noughts, Dreadnoughts. first class pat-
tleships and armored cruisers.
Every type of the American fighting
ship will be In line from the great su-
r-Dreadnoughts of the Wyoming type
to the little submarine. There will be
scout cruisers, protected cruisers, gun
boats, mine laying ships, torpedo boat
destroyers, torpedo bonts, water tend
ers. naval tenders, golfers, repair ships
and dispatch boats. The whole will
be under the command of Rear Admit
raj Hugo Osterhaus, commander in
chief of the Atlantic fleet.
The feet will begin to mobilize early
In October. The great days viii be
the 18th, 18th and 10th. On the last
day the entire armada as It proceeds to
sea will pass in review before Presi-
dent Taft,
Not only viii the visit be one OF
official reviews and opportunities 10
all who wish to visit the greatest of
American fighting ships, but 1t Will
be the occasion of Mt least one and
perhaps two of the most magnificent
electrical Examinations ever seen in
any waters In any part of the world.
On the last two nights in port the
entire fleet is expected to be illumi-
mated. Hundreds of thousands of cleo
tric lights will be used in the making
of the gorgeous picture.
First View of Super Dreadnouohts.
Still another feature of the mobiliZa-
ton will be the first appearance in the
naval line of the two greatest battle
ships Of the perDreadnought type
now afloat. These two ships are the
Wyoming and Arkansas, the first
named of which is TO be the new flag
ship Of the Atlantic feet These two
mighty ironclads will represent $1,000
of the 10000 tons of fighting ships
that will be in New York, and each
will have a crew of officers and men
numbering more than 1000
The addition of these two ships TO
the fleet will give Admiral osterhaus
eight ships of the all big gun type.
The Wyoming will not be a unit Of
any division. but will be the independ-
ent flagship Of all five divisions. The
Arkansas will take the place Of the
Michigan in the first division of the
fleet which will then be organized
with the Florida as flagship, with the
Arkansas, Utah, North Dakota and
Delaware as the four other units.
Counting in the Michigan and her sis
ter ship. the South Carolina, the
Dreadnought tonnage of Americas
greatest fleet will then total about &c.,
600 tons. These eight Dreadnoughts,
all of which will be in the Hudson,
carry main batteries of a total OF
eighty twelve-inch guns of the most
modern ana powerrui type.
At the last naval review in New
York the efficiency pennant was dis
played from the top of the after lat
ticework mast of the battleship Michi-
gan. At the coming review the pen
nant will be missing from the Michi-
gan and will nutter from the mast OF
the Dreadnought Delaware, the rec
ords of the years work, just eomplet-
ed, showing that the Delaware has
won the coveted black pennant with
the red ball in the center.
1t Is interesting TO note that in the
main batteries of the tliirty-fve Dread
noughts (battleshipsl and armored
cruisers that are to be modified In
the Hudson there Is a total of more
than 1900 guns. varying in size from
those OF the three inch to those OF the
thirteen inch type. In this grand total
of heavy ordnance there are ~ guns
of the thirteen inch. 14S of the twelve
inch, 16 of the ten inch, 1872 Of the
eight inch. So of tho seven inch, pa
of the six inch and Ia Of the FIVE inch
type.
10000 Men In the Visit.
A broadside from the twelve inch
guns alone would total in weight ap.
proximately 10000 pounds of steel In
this connection it may be mentioned
that in the event of war 1t would be
possible in the case of the newer shins
and this includes all OF the Dread
noughts, TO fire every gun OF the thir-
teen inch, twelve inch and ten inch
type in a single broadside. Add to the
weight of the twelve inch broadside
that OF the thirteen inch and ten inch,
and there would be broadside of ap-
proximately 100000 pounds Of steel
from a single feet.
The number of officers and men
with the great fleet will total over 3d.
600.
The fleet that will be reviewed bg
fne president win naAsber about
eighty vessels, of which thirtyone will
be battleships. tonr armored cruisers,