The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-07-11
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NEVADA I | PUTS:
TO SEA TODAY
Surpasses in Tonnage, Dis.
placement and Armament
ANY U. S. Battieship.
toY AssoeliArEp rs1sEs,

QUINCY, Mass, July 1.-THE SUI
perdreadnought, Nevada, to be
launched here today, and her sister
ship, the Oklahoma, which was
floated at Philadelphia last March.
surpass the tonnage, displacement
and armament OF any United States
warship now at1oat. She is, however.
less formidable than the Pennsylva-
mia, whose keel was laid last spring,
and the unnamed sea fighter, No. SO,
both Of which will have a displace-
ment Of S1,400 tons. s
The Nevada's displacement is l27,-
800 tons greater than the Texas ana
New York, the latest sea giants to
be- commissioned by the United
States. Her length is $50 feet with
q breadth Of 95 feet 2 10 inches on
load water line. q
Fourteen-Inch Guns.
Ten fourteen-inch guns, capable
of firing 1,400 pound-snells will con-
stitute her principal armament. Two
three-gun turrets will be on the fore
castle deck along with a turret from
which two big guns will be pointed.
Another two-gun turret will sweep
the quarter deck and astern OF this
will be the other three-gun; turret.
The turrets are arranged to make
complete revolution, SO that the en-
tire battery Of the big guns can be
concentrated on an enemy approach
Ing from either side. forward or aft.
Besides her big 14-inch guns the
Nevada will have distributed about
her decks twenty-one five-inch guns
and minor armament such as one
Founders, three-pounders, three-1nch
field pieces and machine guns.
7 The Nevada's armor renders her
among the strongest battleships in
the navy. Her belt is 10 10 inches
thick and will extend 400 feet along
either side Of the hull. These plates
will extend 8 ~ feet below the
water line and nine feet above the
waters surface. There are two pro-
tective decks as a safeguard against
plunging fire, one three inches ana
the other 1-2 inches. Hs1 -
Compared to Iron Duke.
While the Nevada will represent
the last word In American sea power,
the new British battfeship. Queen
Elizabeth, will carry a more forrnid-
able armament Of no less than eight
15-inch guns. This sea-fighter will
probably be commissioned the first
Of next year. i'li.sie'
The Nevada is contemporary OF
the British warship, Iron Duke. The
Iron Dukes displacement Is Is ,00O
tons and she carries ten 10 1-2 inch
guns. The Neyada's speed is esti-
mated at 20 1-2 knots or about the
same as the Iron Dukes. Although
the Nevada's armor is thicker than
that OF her British contemporary It
Is not spread over SO great an
area of side. The British warrior
has a secondary battery Of sixteen
6-inch guns while the Nevada's Will
consist of 81 5-inch guns. These
questions Of distribution OF armof
and the relative Importance OF tho
number and caliber Iof guns are two
problems on which the naval experts
Of the world are not In complete ac-
cord. 4,
The Nevada will burr oirsN,y, and
her engines Will have an indicated
Of $4,000. The fuel oil
will be carried In the double bottom
Of the ship, this affecting an economy
Of space over the old arrangement
which called for extensive coal
bunkers. Her contractors promise to
have the new battleship completed
by January % next.