Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-27
UNCLE SAM NOW HAS MIGHIIEST
TIGHIING.NACHINE ON THE SEAS

The 1914 estimates for the German
navy call for three 3hips of the Kaiser
Friedrich III class. with displacement
OF 29Dol tons and carrying eight Is
inch rifles. :
The British shiPssof the Queen Eli
zabeth class greatly exceed those of
any other navy in speed, requirements
calling for % knots an hour. while
the Royal Sovereign class will make
at least 22.5 inots. ..... :
Since the outbl saS of the war de-
tails as to foreign naval programs
have been iealously guarded and It is
probable that Great 9ritain, Germany
and France have laid down many YES
sells OF which no report has been
made. So far as Is known. however.
no vessels have been planned which
will exceed in size the three American
ships OF the California class, work on
which has barely stated
These viii have a displacement of
20 900 tons each and armament equal
to that OF the Pennsylvania.
The cruising radhas OF the Pennsyl-
yania will be considerably increased
hy the fact that she will be equipped
for oil fuel exclusive ~ and will have
q capacity Of 1922 tons OF fuel oil The
Queen Elizabeth has CAPACITY of
499e tons of oil becai-e of her high
speed requirements,
From her enormous main battery
the Pennsylvania will be able to hurl.
with her pressure of "a single lever,
~ tons Of steel on either broadside.
In addition she will CARRY q secondary
battery Of q 5-inch rites for aefense
seainst torpedo boats. She will be fit.
led also with four submerged 21inch
torpedo tubes and her ships company
will be composed of ts officers, S63
ar j "A marines The ship
COS feet over all and o. feet
beam and her mean draft is IS feet
10 inches, almost the limit in size for
he Panama canal and present navy
lrydocks There are only q few docks
h the world which can receive herl
and she coul not enter many busy
larbors except under lost favorable |
conditions Of tide and Ind.
When completed thel Pennsylvania
viii have cost the government more
han $13.0O0,0e0 she win be ready
Tor commission sunderI contract, byl
February Is. 1885, tfierIkeel was laid
October %. 1919
The enormoias size of THE new ship
ind the startling rapidly with which |
jattleship construction lad developed. |
sven before the great vs., Is Indicated
~ comparisons Of the PENNSYLVANIA
With the British battIeship Dread
fought first Iof ethe allbig-gnn ships
d any navy. The Dreddnought was
estimated Tor IN 1907. lShe. was de-
'igned to displaee 4 1900 tons. but act.
rally Is considerably larger. In the
main. battery are ten 12-inch guns
With broadside fire Of SIX guns, and
ser trial speed was "a lnOts.
The Pennsylvania willlbe equipped
With turbine engines as is the Okla
roma, the Queen Elizabeth and all of /
he newest English, German and jap
Inese battle craft The Nevada will
,e operated by reeiprocating engines
While the California, of lie $1,000 ton
lass. Twill be driven BY electricity
)ne OF the other two American battle
hips or the California clsss win have
urbine engines and the other recipFe-l
,ating in line with the Navy Depart
nent's policy of not entirely abandon-
NJ the reciprocating type until thor-
'nehly satisfactory marine turbine is /
ound II the experiment pm the Cali
oruia with electric drive current to /
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