The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-11-28
.C : 4 A|'7E! ! ! | ! NAVAL
SHOW PLANNED.
W|aTshIps to Be Modified at
New York In October.
TAFT WILL REVIEW ARMADA

More Than 100000 Tons. Of Fighting
Ships and Naval AuxiIiaries In tho
DispIay-Entire Fleet Will Be IIIunni-
mated on Two Nights. ,,
The greatest naval show in the his
tory of the United States is to be the
gift of the government to New York in
October. when a great line Of armor.
clads and lesser naval craft will be rs.
sembled in the Hudson river. More
than 100000 tons Of fighting ships and
naval auxiliaries will be in the dis.
play, and of this grand total more than
100000 tons will be super-Dread.
noughts, Dreadnoughts, first class bat
tleships and armored cruisers.
Every type Of the American fighting
ship will be in line, from the great su-
per-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 boats, water tend
ers. naval tenders, GOLFERS, repair ships
and dispatch boats. The whole will
be under the command Of Rear Admi-
raj Hugo Osterhaus. commander in
chief of the Atlantic fleet
The fleet will begin to mobilize early
in October. The great days will 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 will the visit be one Of
official reviews and opportunities to
all who wish to visit the greatest Of
American fighting ships, but it will
be the occasion of at 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
trio lights will be used in the making
of the gorgeous picture.
First View Of er-Dreadnoughts.
OI1l1 tIlIOIuCl dlulS VI IuS
ton will be the first appearance in the
naval line Of the two greatest battle
ships of the super-Dreadnought type
now af1oat. These two ships are the
Wyoming and Arkansas, the first
named of which is to be the new flag
ship of the Atlantic fleet These two
mighty ironclads will represent $1,000
of the 100000 tons of fighting ships
that will be in New York. and each
will have crew of officers and men
mum bering more than 1000.
The addition Of these two ships to
the feet 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
Counting in the Michigan and her, Sis
ter ship. the South Carolina. the
Dreadnought tonnage of Americas
greatest fleet will then total about 1861
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 and powerful type.
At the last naval review in New
York the efficiency pennant was dis,
played from the top Of the after lat
tcework mast of the battleship Michi-
gan. At the coming review the pen
nant will be missing from the Michi-
gan and will flutter from the mast Of
the Dreadnought Delaware, the rec
ords of the years work, just complet-
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 thirty five Dread
noughts (battleships) 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 "a guns
Of the thirteen inch, 14S Of the twelve
inch, 16 of the ten inch, 132>of the
eight inch, SO of the seven inch, 214
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 $4,000 pounds of steel. In
this connection it may be mentioned
that in the event of war it would be
possible in the case of the newer ships,
and this includes all Of the Dread
thoughts, to fire every gun Of the thir.
teen inch, twelve inch and ten inch
type in single broadside. Add to the
weight Of the twelve inch broadsid~
that of the thirteen inch and ten inc
and there would be broadside of ap-
proximately 100000 pounds of steel
from single fleet
The number of officers and men