Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-01
ADMIRAL MOORE GIVESINTERESI|NG
ADDRESSONNAVYOf UNITED STATES

seventy five business and professional
Een Of Honolulu, Admiral G.: B. 7.
Moore. commandment " tBe naval sta,
fon, delivered an address in Cooke
hall las; evening upon the subject
The. Nary. the occasion being the
seYetItt CT the series Of Thursday
night Lectures nn Being conducted by.
the I0!Hg Mems. Christian Associa-
; ton. The experience CT mis- many
years with the Eayy, aaG his knoHi.
edge OF every branch of the service,
] has peculiarly fitted Admiral Moore
&, 10 speak with the facts surrounding
his subject well III hand. AID he wGs
listened to with keen interest. 80. -.
! His address, follows: ....>-:.. 49,.
| when ] was a lieutenant. on. board
the E. s.. s, Galei4a. in 1855, found
an Old sohg book in the. possession OF
a marine musician Nshife sitting on
transom in the junior officers guar.
,ters singing some Of them, one OF the
mldshtPmen, in an fpIeT91de,. asked
where l. got those new songs. =. t
iaughingly replied that most of them
were hOaty with age, bat. Of course.
they were new to him because he had
never heard them. r.. -. :' :: =: -: =: o,
: There Is an impression abroad that
the modern battleshfp Is an invention,
that it is Q sort Of revolution. II Is q
mistaken impression, and out Of this
mistake has developed 8 lot of loose
. talk about the revolution in naval
science. g. -. '-. -. .:,': & ::*.:. ::
I 'The modern battieshfp, 3 modern
|erdnanGe, modern >ar1nar, and m ,0e,rn
3eunhery are simply: evolutiOns. The
rain Characteristic !, of the modern
battleShip, the turyet, vas present lii
the celebrated battle u March y. I 1862,
between the Monitor and the; Merit,
mac. Armor had been ifseG in the
CEimean war In the ftHtes: Steam as
f. means of propulsion. of battleships
3 for years. and there, WIS a breach
leading cannon. in the Naval Academy
IHtseum when l was a tAidshipman
that had been used by Cortez in the
coAallest Of Mexico; | believe At any
rate It dated back to the 10th century.
Riflet guns we're not new in 1861 i
Modern = gunuery Is not in any
seRaa "a new discovery, it IS simply
o.. suit. OF q more scientific appli.
: ca.l.~s of old principles. By means :of
improved machinery, I. r =; II. ::
here is hardly a thing In the OUT,
FITS Of battleships OF the present dag
that h based on any mechanical prin-
ctp,e that was unknown fifty years
age. The internal combustion engine
used in motor boats is the great thing
that was unknown In the. last quarter
Of the last century. ~: ,:.:= :: -:
The discoveries in the use OF eIee.
tricit@ have been only I'm the direc.
tion of mechanical application. Not
new law has been discovered. No
change Of prime lie has been intro.
dnced into the steam engines.
The modern battleship is. after all. :
Cnly a>gloriflef Mentor, Invented by
Ericsson. ,...*. .....<. =. 1872. : -
''The Invention OF the explosive
shell, called originally a bomb shell,
rang the "kneH of the %0oden-sided
ship. and In the Crincan war a few
vessels were protected by armor to-
keep out these incendiary missiles.
: The additional weight Of the armor
tended to disturb the stability OF the
ships, and too, the immense cost of
covering the whole side with armor
vas almost pT0hDltlVe.z ..E. O.. !
"This led to an effect to localize
batteries so that armor could be linn
iIed to the protection OF gun positions
end the Pitals (the magazines and en-
gines and boilersl OF the ship. IA
Ericsson invented the Monitor with
its low freeboard and revolving tnrret
and its test in battle with the Merri-
mac gave it & vogue. .,::::. .:'..:..
1T was found, however, that this
type Of vessel made q very poor gun
platform and was unable to use its
offensive power effectively In a sea
way. .,.=.: 49,: 49,. IS. - -
Gradually, through better under
standing Of the way Of controlling the
sea-going qualities Of ships: through
the discoveries Of the qualities Of mild
steel, the present battleship design
was arrived ct, in 80 far rs its gun
carrying capacity 10 concerned.
ut viii be noted. too, that while
the armor OF the original Monitor
was made up of eleven one inch plates
rIveted together. the present armor
is made of solid plates OF various
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ne llQldua. Y u4Cu was Tic LISl |
OF the battleships of our. New Navy"
was provided with side ar1nor eigh- |
teen inches thick and turret armor |
tifteen inches thick. Owing to I'm.
provements in the manufacture OF !
armor, more modern vessels have ar
NOR much reduced in thickness. This
not only reduces weight, but enables
us to increase the offensive power Of
the ship. -. e.. =.
Ordnance has been improved In the |
same way by improved methods OF
We have also been able
to reduce the. weight Of guns Of equal
calibre because Of the superiority OF
the metals used. Besides, by an in
cres sing knowledge OF explosives, !;
powders have been j.: produced thar +
while giving a largely increased We
locity to the prOjectiles, causes less
to the guns. OF course, you
all know that the striking force OF
q proiectile 10 measured by its mass
and its velocity. ' ..>-.-..: i
"GunDery has been improved by the
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