The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-13
Biggest and Fastest Under.
water Craft In World.
WILL ACCOMPANY FLEET.
Twice as Large as Present Vessels and
Powerful In Proportion-Design Com.
pleted and Approved and Ready to
Ask For 6,ds-Surtaoe Speed OF
Twenty one Knots.


Designs nave been completed and
specifications prepared In the United
States navy department for new aud
distinct typp ct submarine which will
uutrlass submarines such as the Ger
mnn U-9 class just as the hrst Dread
nought excelled the old type Of battle-
ship 1t will probably be the greatest
submarine AiiOat
The new craft will be known as a
feet submarine 1t will displace about
l,2OO tons, which means that II will be
twice the size of any submarine now
afioat The aim is to build II subma-
rine of high speed and great defensive
power that will be able to accompany
the American battleship fleet and new.
er lag behind 1t will be about 300
feet long, this length being necessary
both to install the more powerful pro-
Polling machinery and to lind space for
the increased equipment Of reserve tor
pedoes and extra torpedo tubes.
The new fleet submarine will have
its own wireless outfit and will have Il
cruising radius of about $500 miles at
twenty-one knots speed. 1t also will
have rapid fire guns for self defense
and will carry enough torpedoes to sink
a modern fleet of Dreadnoughts.
IL, 70 uDSSaIS will no n
ed at the navy department on Dec. 10.
The confidential plans and specitica-
tons for this powerful new craft are
now in the possession Of builders who
are at liberty to bid upon the design
submitted by the department or to
modify the design and submit bids ac-
cOrdingly. The cost Of the new type
of submarine will he about $l.250OOO.
II is to be built unded the naval ap-
preparation act enacted by the session
of congress Just ended. containing an
appropriation of 81 100000 for eight or
more submarines and carrying clause
that failed to attract public attention.
This clause directed the navy depart
ment to construct feet submarine Of
not less than twenty knots speed.
Submarine Destroyer.
Because OF It's size, which will be
that of large torpedo boat destroyer,
the new type Of vessel has been term
ed a submarine destroyer and also as
diving destroyer by laymen In the de
Dartment familiar with the govern
ment's plans. But naval constructors
and high ranking officers in the navy
insist that it Is not II destroyer. but dis
tinctly new type Of submarine, their
word being fleet submarine" but
the whole idea is that 1t will be able
to go anywhere that an ocean going de
stroyer or the battleship fleet may go.
1t was learned that both France and
England contemplate the construction
of similar fleet submarines, but were
keeping their plans secret American
naval officers say the navy's submarine
knowledge has been SO far developed
that the new submarine will be supe
rior to any one Of its type now being
contemplated abroad
In the British admiralty there |:
growing belief that the fleet subma
rine will take the place of the destroy
er when the new type has been fully
developed This idea is also held il
American naval circles. The idea o.
the designers of the new craft is tina
the fleet submarine will be able to d.