The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-11
FORMIDABLE
SEA FIGHTER
IS LAUNCHED
SuperdTeadnought Nevada Now
Greatest United States :.
Warship Afloat
HAS Ten IA INCH GUNS
Latest Ocean Giant viii Burn Oil
Only, Engines Having a.
800 Horsepower
HAS TEN IA inch GUNS

Quincy. Mass. July 1.-The super
dreadnought Nevada, to be launched
here today, and her sister ship the ok
lahoma, which was floated at Philadel-
phia last March. surpass in tonnage
displacement and armament any Unit
ed States warship now afoat. She is.
however, less formidable than the
Pennsylvania whose keel was laid last
spring, and the unnamed sea fighter
No. 80, both of which will have dis
placement of 3I,4O0 tons.
The Nevadas displacement is q, 500
tons. or 500 tons greater than the
Texas and New York, the latest sea
giants TO be commissioned by the
United States. Her length is $50 feet
with breadth of SO feet 219 inches on
load water line
Will Fire 14o0 lib. Shells.
Ten fourteen-inch guns, capable Of
firing 1400-p pound shells will consti-
tute her principal armament Two
three-gun turrets will he among - her
defenses. one of these largest OF tur-
rets will be on the forecastle deck
along with a turret from which two
big guns will be pointed. Another two
gun turret will sweep the qlarter
deck and astern OF this viii be the
other three-gun turret. The turrets are
arranged TO make complete revolutions,
so that the entire battery Of the big
guns can be concentrated IN an enc
M ois . T.., Il. F,.r
ward or aft.
Besides her big IL inch guns the
Nevada will have distributed about her
decks II five-inch guns ana MINOR
armament such as one FOUNDERS.
three FOUNDERS. three-inch field pieces
and machine guns.
Armor Belt Over Foot Thick.
The Nevada's armor renders her
among the strongest battleship.s i'm the
navy. Her belt is 1874 inches thick
and will extend 400 feet along either
side of the hull. These plates will eX-
tend Si2 feet below the waterline and
9 feet above the waters surface. There
are two protective decks as safe
guard against plunging fire, one three
inches and the other 1la inches.
While the Nevada will represent the
last word i'm American sea power, the
new British battleship Queen Eliza
beth Will carry a more formidable
Of no less than eight 15-inch
guns. This seaiighter probably will be
commissioned the first Of next year.
The Nevada is a contemporary of
the British warship. Iron Duke. The
Iron Dukes displacement is $4,000 tons
and she carries 10 131h inch guns. The
Nevada's speed is estimated at 20Ia
knots or about the same as the Iron
Dukes. Although the Nevada's ar
NOR is thicker than that of her Brit
ish contemporary ii is not spread over
so great an area of side. The British
warrior has a secondary battery Of 16
6-inch guns while the Nevada's will
consist of Il 5-inch guns. These ques-
tions OF distribution OF armor and
the relative importance Of the rumber
and caliber of guns are two problems
on which the naval experts of the
world are not in complete accord.
The Nevada will burn oil only, and
her engines will have an indicated
horsepower of 24.S0O. The fuel oil
will he carried i'm the double bottom
of the ship, this affecting an economy
Of space over the old arrangement
which called for extensive coal bunk
ers. Her contractors promise to have
the new battleship completed by Jan,
%, next.