Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-11
BATTLESH|P NEVADA
TO RANK HIGH IN NAVY
To Surpass in Tonnage, Displacement
and Armament ANY United
States Vessel Afoat.

QUINCY. Mass, July 1.-THE super
dreadnought Nevada to he launched
here today. and her sister ship, the Ok
lahoma. which was foated at Philadel-
phia last March. surpass in tonnage,
displacement and armament any United
States warship now afloat. 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 a dis
placement of 31,4o0 tons.
The Nevada's displacement is 27.500
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 95 feet 21A inches on
load water line
Ten fourteen-iich guns. each capable
OF hiring 1,400-pound she'll. 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.
Complete Revolu ton of Turrets.
Another two-gun turret will sweep
the quarter deck, and astern of this
turrets are arranged to make complete
revolutions. so that the entire battery
of the big guns can be concentrated on
an enemy approachingif from either side,
forward or aft.
the Nevada will have distributed about
her decks twenty-one fve-inch guns
and minor armament. such as one
Founders. three Founders. three inch
field pieces and machine guns.
The Nevada's armor renders her
among the strongest battleships in the
navy. Her belt is thirteen and one
half inches thick and will extend 400
feet along either side of the hull. These
plates will extend eight and one-ha1f
feet below the water line and nine feet
above the waters surface. There are
two protective decks as a safeguard
against plung1ng fire, one three inches
and the other one and one-half inches.
While the Nevada will represent the
last word in. American sea power. the
new British battleship- Queen Eliza
beth will carry more formidable ar
mament of no less than eight fifteen
will be commissioned the first of next
year.
Will Burn Oil Only.
The Nevada is a contemporary of the
British warship, Iron Duke. The Iron
Dukes displacement is $4,000 tons and
she carries ten 13z-inch guns The
Nevada's speed is estimated at twenty
and one-half knots. orr 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 warship has a secondary
battery of sixteen 6-inch guns. while
<1e'c- cIk.t ,f1yr
5-inch guns. These questions of dis
tribution of armor and the relative i'm
portance of the number 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 indica ted
horsepower of 24,SOO. The fuel oil will
be carried in the double bottom of the
space over the old arrangement which
called for extensive coal bunkers. Her
contractors promise to have the new
battleship completed by January %
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