The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-03
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pattieshlps than Germany because
three OF the American battleships
we're omitted from our list. namely
me oregon, Massachusetts and the In.
diana. The reason suggested nv rho
secretary or the navy for the omis-
sion OF these three ba- tleshiDs was
.hat they were old and obsolete. bu:
u appears that in the German list in
SIuued Ten battleships, each OF which
mas tonnage of 1897, built at thu
same time as the omitted America
Dattleships, and each having a main
armament of four 40 inch guns
while the Oregon. Massachusetts and
INDIANA have main armament OF
i 10 noe lS-ihch guns and tonnage Of
lO.2SS tons each.
sented to the secretary OF the nav
showing the inferiority of these ton
herman battleships with their $40
men guns TO battleships armed with
Finch or 13-inch guns.
v. S. Navy Larger.
~ was further developed that az.
cording 10 this comparison In the
navy year book the tonnage of The
1ernan battleships was from iO974.
Nhich was the smallest. 20 1891
which was the largest, OF 20 German
pattieships, and that of % American
oaJtleships the smallest was II 34G
and the largest was 5000 tons. The
sScTetdry admitted that. so far "a
the tonnage OF the battleships was
concerned, the American navy was
greater than that OF the Germans as
wei as an excess OF seven battIeships
IN favor Of the American navy.
IN regard TO the armament OF the
~ German battleships il was devel.
oped that ten OF them were supplied
each with four guns. . 40 inch i'm
calbre, and the other ten each with
Tour guns II inches in calibre while
All OF the p American battlesbips are
sdch armed with four u inch or IL
men guns. showing the great superior.
ny OF the American battleships in
point OF the power OF guns
Made Comparisons.
comparing the dreadnaughts of the
German navy with those Of the Amer.
Sah navy IL appeared. according to
me year book. that the German nat-v
has ~ and the American nav has
only. . This result Is brought about
by including in the list OF GermaJ.
ureadnaughts four ships which are
armed with N inch guns. while ali Of
INC dreadnauEhts in the American
navy are armed with - or ~ inch
guns. The result was further brought
ABOUT IN the year book by taking ont
or the dreadnaught class the Mich.
Fan and the South Carolina. each or
which has tonnage Of 10000 tons
ana each or which Is armed wft-
eight Il inch guns II the Michigan
ana the South Carolina had been put
IN the list where they belong. and
where they were placed in the 1912
navy year book and previous 10 that
time. and the four German ships
which have only II inch gums we're
taken out 81 tho dreadnauphf TYNE ana
put into the hAttlcship class. where
hey belong. then the dreadnaughts
IN both or the navies would DO the
same In numbcr-nine.
Greater Armament
comparing the drCadnaughfa az tho
German navy with those of the Ameri-
can navy in point 81 guns IL was d..
yeloped that four of the German
dresdnaughts each has an armament
OF twelve Finch guns and the other
hNo each an armament Of ten 10 inch
guns. while In The American navy Do
appeared that two had an armament
each n eight l2-inch guns. four of
Ten l2inch guns. two Of twelve 10.
inch guns. and two OF ten of ff-inch
guns. showing the great superiority
or the American drcalnaughts In the
calihre and power Of their guns
Comparing the two navies with
reference tO dreadnaughts now build.
inr. it appeared that the smallest
dreadnaught now being built in the
German navy De- 26.515 tons ana tho
smallest building in the American
navy Oh p 900 toms. that the LARGEST
dreadnauEhte building in the German
navy have tonnage ~ % 600 and the
largest building 300 Tho American navy
have tonnage of 60 500 or an excess.
oi $500 tons over The largest German
ships now building
10 was further developed iu com
pairing The American navy with tho
Iapursc navy that the American navy
nas thirty nine h8ffloshius and fho
J1purso only nineteen including ami
those iu both navios that are huiif
and building