New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-13
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES.
New Batt|eship May 0utcIass
DreadnOught Type.
TO BE CONSTRUCTED HERE
General Board Recommends
Trying Some Features of
British Battle Cruiser.
[From The Tribune Bureau

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TO CONSTRUCT BATTLESHIP AT
NEW YORK-The Secretary of the Navy
will soon take up the question OF con
structicn of the battleship authorized just
before the adjournment of the 62d Cor
gress. AZ the instance Of Representative
Fitzgerald. the naval bill contained a pro-
vision requiring the construction of TINS
vessel al navy yard Secretary Daniels
will order the naval constructors on duty
AT the New York Navy Yard to prepare
for the work The material will be pur-
chased under contract. after competitive
bidding conducted by the Bureau OF sup
plies and Accounts. IL is probable that
the boilers and machinery VIII be con-
tracted for separately after II Is deter
mined what type of motive power snail
be installed. The design of the ship has
been completed only tentatively. A gen
eral proposition has been furnished 10
the Secretary of the Navy by the Naval
General Board. The details will nave 20
be worked out by the Bureau OF Con-
structon and Repair
The General Board recommends de-
parture from the design of the Pennsyi-
vania and the adoption Of type de-
scrioed,as a compromise between the pat
tleship and the battle cruiser OF the bilt-
ish navy. Some naval officers have been
in favor of the latter type, bit opposl-
lion developed among those who believed
IL unwise to depart radically from the
design Of the battleship. The conserva-
tive view adheres to the belief that the
of -
PENNSYLVANIA. II Is insisted that there
should be no reduction in the protection
Of the ship. In view of the Improvements
in gunIcry. the increase in the radius oi
action of submarines and the inuoduc-
ton Of aerial attack. The last phase MAY
render it necessary to add TO the weight
Of armor by an increased protection or
the deck or some other device which
shall shield the vessel from aeroplane
ordnance The General Board design
contemplates vessel of twenty-five
knots. characteristic which some OF
the authorities believe - not of great
consequence There is division Of view
as 10 the character of the armament
some officers believing II should be IN
creased over any Of the battleships mih-
erto constructed.
out OF the discussion may come brand
new type Of warship. something mat
shall be I'm advance OF anything TN con-
temptation or under construction abroad.
Ii has been pointed out that the Dread
nought type has now been in existence
for ten years. and that II is safe 10 make
an advance represented by increased as
placement, SO al to carry heavier arfno'
and guns Of larger calibre il not more
of them than is represented by the bat
terry OF the PENNSYLVANIA, for example
There is bound to be an animated dis
cusslon of the problem by the naval au-
thorties before Secretary Daniels has an
opportunity TO pass on the several de
signs. Il is expected that two or three
months may be taken In these prclimi-
naries In that time. Of course. some OF
the work of preparing the New for"
Navy Yard for the construction OF tn
battleship may be done by those on duty
there.