The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-04-24
MUzIE
ENERGIES OF NAVY
WILL Be PRRADED
Greatest Flotilla of Fighting
Craft That Ever Flew Stars
and Stripes to Set Sail
IN January.

washington, April 22.-When The
American feet sails for the Mediter-|
n in January 1t will ave nearly
twice the muzzle energy OF the famous
battleship' fieet sent around h world
in 1907 by former President Roosevelt,
and about half again as great tonnage.
The schedule of the ports of call
have not been made u as yet in he
navy department and II merely has
been announced that the dig fleet
would tour the Mediterranean in d.
visions. 1t was the original plan IN
connection with the opening OF the
Panama canal to have h fleet passed
through from the Atlantic to the Pa
ciic about January ], the
date of the opening.
This practically Is disarranged, but
it was pointed out today that from
the Mediterraneanfit is comparatively
a short voyage through h Suez canal
and into the Pacific and the feet could
return that way. making the passage
through the canal from the Pacific TO
the Atlantic.
Battisship Division. ~
The main ships Of the line TO go on
the cruise will be the battleships Wyo-
ming, Florida, Virginia, Arkansas, Del
aware, New York, Utah, Vermont,
Louisiana, Michigan. New Hampshire,
South Carolina, Georgia., Nebraska,
New Jersey, Rhode Island, Minnesota,
Connecticut, Kansas and Idaho.
Comparing these ships with the bat
tie fleet which went around the world
they aggregate a tonnage of 1854, 500, as
against $685. 00. Navy officials point out
that q more striking example of the
advance in the navy's effective fight
ing power is shown by a comparison
of the muzzle energy of the main bat
terry.
Fleets Muzxie Energy.
In round figures the m1zzle energy
of the battle fleet of 1907 summed uI
$500, 900 feet pounds. The main bat
teries of the fleet which will make the
Mediterranean trip will total 9,550,00(
feet pounds-almost twice as much
The battleships will be accompanied b.
all the destroyers that can, be spared
and an accompaniment of repair anG
supply ships. This official announce
ment by Secretary Daniels made 1t ap'
parent that the ships will go fully equip
ped: The navy department official an.
nouncement declared the feet will b,
too large to be accommodated at an,
II time in many harbors to be visited
and h a at Gibraltar 1t will be divided
and make a tour of the Mediterranean
/ in divisions.
Object Of Cruise.
Official announcement of the fleet
movement as made late last night a
the navy department declares the OBJ
ject is to send the feet, on a pleasan
cruise to stimulate enlistment and edu
cate officers n men. Accompanying
! the announcement was a
* cfn fam ON ne t1n Rrl<i.oxr =
he fleet as against the battle feet o
1907, n also a short review OF. tn
cruise of the white squadron" tn
first of the new navy to cruise In for
eign waters, and the cruise Of the bat
fleet Of 1907.
The white %squadron' had four YES
sells. Their total tonnage was 1920
just that of the Connecticut, Evans
flagship in the famous battleshi,
cruise. The total muzzle energy of tn
s~quadron's main batteries was 120,OO
foot tons, that of the Connecticut i
10000. A salvo of the squadron fire,
1900 pounds Of projectiles, that Of tn
Connecticut $500 pounds.
The New York, launched October :
1912, with $1,000 tons displacement, fir
ing $4,000 pounds and 700, 900 foot ton
In a salyo. Is nearly twice the sig
and fires three times the weight q
metal. with six times the energy q
s'S btNAO vi LIZ luIllOuS WHlGe SQuaO
don in 1890.
The battleship feet of 1907 was com
posed of 16 ba~ttleships, five auxiliarie
and the con torpedo ~fiotllla. Th
feet called at Trinidad, Rio De Janeirt
Punta Arenas, Vallao, Magdalena ba
and arrived at San Francisco MAY i,
1908, a total distance of 1000 mile.
Thence the fleet visited Puget Soune
san Francisco, and sailed on July
via Honolulu, New Zealand. Australi
IN Manila. for Yokohama, arrivin
there October IS, 1908. after a bourne
of $4,000 miles and spending a wee
or courteous exchange of compliment,
The feet assembled at Manila. do
parted thence December /, 1908, vi
Chiiton, Suez and Gibraltar and ar
chored in Hampton Roads. Februar
22, 1909. 12,455 miles sail from Mani
completing what is probably tn
greatest practice cruise in the histor
of navfes.
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