The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1914-11-22
DEMAND INCREASING FOR YES.
SELLS THAT FOUGHT ABOVE AND
UNDER THE WATER LINE.
The Submarine Slips Quietly Along
Under Water. Perces With Fatal
Wound, and Is Gone Before the
Enemy May Strike Back

Of destruction is coming the subma.
zine destroyer Larger more powe.
tul, and with greater radius of op
erations than any o. its predecessors
this new wasp OF the sea win not
only be equipped to sting it's giant
adversaries but to destroy its own
Kind on the surface of the sea.
British and French navy yards. ana
private ship yards as well are work
ing night and day TO have the new
submarine destroyers in service with
in the next few months This infor-
nation coming to the United States
naval officers, commands greater in.
terest because the United States nav,
too. is to have some of these newes
ships of war Its experts have been
at work upon plans for them for
months.
The theory in which the new sea
fighters are being built is that they
shall be armed for battle either on
the surface or below They viii be
q much greater TONNAGE. than exist
ing submarines Tentative plans have
been made for boats of 1000 tons.
submerged, which would permit fuel
capacity to cross oceans with battle
fleets aad allow adequate provision
for crew quarters The close attend.
anee Of a parent ship upon submarine
fleets would then be unnecessary.
The underwater armament will con
sist Of torpedo tubes as in prasen,
submarines, but more tubes and
greater supply of the proiecties EN-.
ployed with such terrible effect in
the European war. For surface fight
ing against hostile submarines they
Will carry small Guns, mounted IN
water tight compartments and placed
on elevators to lift them to the upper
deck Of the ship as she rides a foo
or two out of the water. A quick
fire six FOUNDER probably viii be the
largest weapon that can be employed
fer that purpose because greater
weight, set high above the vessel cen.
ter of gravity would tend to reade
her top heavy.
Beneath the surface, the new de-
stroyer wbuld operate as ordinary
200-ton vessels OF their type excep
that they would have greater cruising
range On the surface they would
scout for hostile submarines spottine
an enemys periscope, then swinging
mp the six FOUNDER 70 open fire. re
living on greater speed to keep in
range and upon the fact that six
pounder projecties would easily
pierce the thin skin Of the hostile
craft. one such wound would crippl
an enemy even il no vital part of his
mechaaism We're struck The punt
ture would sink him il he attempted
to submerge and SO he would be com
pelled to lie on the surface at tn
mercy Of the destroyer's guns
The equipment of the new British
fighters is understood to be similar to
that contemplated ON American craft
Diesel crude oil engines drNing the
propellers for surface cruising and
operating dyuamos which Keep stor
age batteries constantly at standard
strength for under water work when
the ship is driven by electricity. The
German engine. now 10 be employed
against IT'S inventors. offers The high
est fuel economy tn power generation
yet achieved and ON its small fuel
CONSUMPTION depends the greatly i'm
creased cruising radius of the new
shirs.
American naval engineers are con.
siderlng the application of Diasa.|
engines TO warsbi9s IN another con
nection also. The result NAV he the
complete revolution OF me power
equipment of the coming super dread
thoughts Experiments have been
do successfully with the new col
Her Jupiter. in getting greater eff.
cheney out of steam turbines. by MS
ing them to drive dyuamos and usins
Electricity thus generated TO propel
the ship. The theor, is that by oper.