Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-06
Building of Greatest BattIeship, of
81, 400 Tons Displacement, to Begin

or the New Mexico, win be the first
flagship
Tine general dimensions Of the fu-
ture ship are 10 De as follows
Length on designers water line,
600 feet
Length over all, COS feet
Breadth, extreme az designers
water line, 81 feet. ~ inch.
Mean trial displacement, 31,400
IONS
Mean draft to bottom OF keel at
trial displacement (abouO, IS feet
DO inches
Total fuel On storage 2.222 tons.
Fuel oh carried on trial. 1,54S tons
Feed water carried on trial. POS
tons.
speed on trial, not less than ct
knots
with her 81 400 tons No. $40 viii be
several hundred toms greater in dis
placement than the oregon ana hef
sister ships, the Massachusetts,
and Indiana. put together She viii
pc within 600 tens of being as big us
two battleships Of the Size Of tho
ireadnaught South Carolina or Michl-
gan, more than 1000 tons greater
thW the dreadnaughts Delaware and
North Dakota, nearly 10000 bigger
than the supcrdrcadnaughts Florida
and Utah, almost goo tons greater
than the flagship Wyoming Of this
Atlantic fleet, ana over 1000 tons
bigger than The superdroadnaughts OF
the New York and oklahoma types,
which are now nearing completion
The largest ships of the superdcad-
naught type In the British navy are
those Of the Queen Elizabeth, War
spite, ana Malaga type, an Of which
are now in process Of construction.
NO. 80 viii be $500 tons greater than
those ships She viii be $500 tons
greater than the superdreadnaughts
of the Iron Duke class, $500 tons
greater than those of the King George
" class, ll,400 tons greater than those
Of che Hercules class, and 400 tons
bigger than the mighty battle cruisers
of the Queen Mary type
Gcrmany's greatest superdread-
naught now IN process Of eonstruc-
lion, IS The Ersatz Worth She ls 500
tons bigger than anything Great Bril-
lain has bulit or IS building, and yet
she VIII be, when completed, 3,400
tons smaller than VIII be No. 3d. OF
the other great German all-big-Run
ships, those of the Ersatz Brandcnbur5
class are about 500 tons smaller, those
OF the prlnzregent Lmtpold type 1000
TONS, and those of tho neleoland type
nearly 5000 smaller than wlll De the
Brooklyn built ship when She 80 s
into commission i'm l9lI
Comparison with tine French navy
shows the advantage % be again all
ID favor Of SO 90. Tho ships OF which
The Gascosne tho Findre. the Lam
Quedoc and the Narmanlie are types
are the greatest Of the superdrea D.
rlught noW being bullt for the
French navy. and each of them viii
be-, when completed, G.t52 tons small
ef than viii bo The American levi8-
than The Fr.nth upcrdreadnaughta
of the France and Paris class. which
are also building viii Doe about 750D
toms smaller chan $50. 800, while tine
largest of tho completed dreaduaught
the sister ships, Jean Bart and Cour-
bet. also lack about 1000 tons of be-
ing the equal of the new American
ship
Of alI The ereat naval powers ia
pan comes nearest 60 possessing % ship
that viii equal IN size the coming
giant ol the United States navy IN
the number of vessels of the dread
haught types built or building. the
United states les stHl far ahead Of the
Island empire. Japan has ON the ways
however, ID quartet of splendid super
droadnaughts AN of 10000 tons dis
placement, or within LOO tons Of
No. 80.
The Russian hattleships which most
nearly approach jpn size The American
superdrctdnaught are those of the
sovastapol class, which arc 90 5000
tUua and of The ee.f35-ton lmpcrator
Alexander llf Uuc