Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-16
RIG SUBMARINE
MARKS EPOCH IN
u. S. SEA CRAFT
From the New York Times.l

nuunc mcnt I'LL y Washington dispatch
printed in NV York Times this morn
no ANNOUNCING the completion Of plans
and specifications nv iii American navy
department for Il ncw typ uf wlr vvsSci
10 hc ~ .hnicHlly designated a fleet sub
marine. The construction uf this new
and powerful vessel j. \ parf If the. GOV
trEmcnt'> ulan for increasing the general
Eci,n,y "A the navy.
Inicial confirmation at every essential
detail uf the dispatch regarding the sub
marine was obtained today from SccFt~
rv Daniels ami Rear admiral Richard
N. Watt. 'hicf of the bureau Of conStruc-
lion aud repair. under whose general Ill
rfction the drawings for In new type of
war ,rnft were prepared. With the per
mission of Secretary Daniels ia response
IN inquiries from newspaper correspond
ntS. admiral Wat replied al tcgnricilly
w y sric> of questions which were based
on the stat mrntS made IN the New York
Times lhi, morning. amt I'M hi responses
mad i'm the ur Scnrc Of Secretary Ian
iclS. Admiral Watt confirmed the y ~
lishcl facts regarding The characteristic,
~ the new ulHnarinc ~ NJ a. The fact
that bids Tor it~ construction would "
apcnri on December r.
Admiral Wiitt admitted that the fleet
submarine would ,. = new type If war
raft That IN world hr double the >izr W
my other submarine, ytt built OF design
MI frr thr American navy. that II wuuld
~ q sea keeping. fleet going submarine
ui more than 10 knots Sir WI intended for
tIicn~iyc attack in cumiradi>timctinn ~
the existing type Df coast going >ubmar
mes. which are Designed primarily for
naval defense.
II was maair plain hv Admiral Watt
that th. feature vi he >r ciIhci;iun was
mol the " ~ size of the new flctt uhmar
inc. but the fact thar III would provide
for .n cntir'r neW type ~ naval war
craft. u Il. i signed Tvs br III, biggest
fastest rufrr water ri1fi in the world
but the fact chat II viii br 1hlc ~ 90 any
where thr American hIttlc~hip fleet zoe,
instead If hugging The coast TINT il ma
ross the Atlantic ugtIn undrr IT, own
bower. something un other submarine
ha. Vet done, AMI tIm 20 ~ the middl NJ
The Atlantic 10 attack an cn mt'> war
ship. and still have the ability a. return
90 it> base on the American cou>tlin-.
makes the proposed fleet submarine 4
radical departure i'm naval construction.
Congress ha~ appropriated ~i.IGn 600
for the construction rf eight ur more new
submarines. I which one viii W. II this
new TWP. After ~uhtrncfing n 1ln n0l.
the estimated cost uf the tlcri submarine,
the navy will have about NJ 3lnU00 with
which 10 build the 9th " sven ar eight
.ua>t defense submarines which congress
authorized when il quietly provided
funds for this new tsp. NJ craft. This
~ ans that the other steven or eight sub
mnriut, for which bids will hr Opened on
December H. will cost about Si5uUun
each. ana " comparison W this with the
sam of Sl.3In 900 that il in hc spent ~
p .idiug The monster u"W submarine IL
uf itself cvidcnct that the new vessel Will
~ fully double th- size w thr old ones.
The announcement attracted parti'u
lar attention among members ~ diplo
matte corps. aud especially rngag Il the
attention II naval HEd military attaches
nj foreign governments. There was much
81 C%ulati0n among them TgArdiug IN"
plans foe machinery and for armament
for the new submarine. The Diet ills Of
the M in> and SIrrii atiunS will IT, kept
rrrt hy the navy department and the
mast rigid ~rcrtrv will Y preserved nc
he ward where the new ship Will hc
built.
Tn American navy has never attempt
w W. send " submarine across the Allan
Tie ocean under In own power. and would
not dream w >cnling the coast dcfcn>f
submarines from an American port ~
nv Philippine The few submarines IN
the PHILIPPINE were tranpnrt 4 thcr>
~ the a. ~ az war>hipS. Nor has any
t.,.s.,t at.4 -r4f rFN. Rf ~ Anlmu rIffp~
across any ~ the big oceans. The fact IL
that no ~uhm Irinc ever has rrn>>.d the
Atlantic ~ Pacific except on tn deck OF
another shin. nud none j. IN existence
that would u. riSkcd on IN II 4 voyage.
The fleet submarine will H. expected
10 90 where the hnttlcship tlcat nav 90:
~ cover 49, much distance a. a dread
naught and maintain the same speed ~
\ heavy hattlchsir II will IT, expected
10 60 from New York 10 Liverpool 81 10
Gibraltar under H. uWn power y =
forced draueht our hattlcShin fleet + cX
pcctrd AZ MAX - or n nHuti ~ miles an
hour. Tnl - u submarine were able -
do the same thing ID could not accompany
a fleet. because IN speed ~ a fleet J. It,
tcrmincd ~ the ~, a VI it, lnwrSt unit.
Our present submarines max ii knots
un the surface.
The German To di>rlarcS about 30
tons and coo tons X about the limit ~
Size necessary for coast dcinSc >uhmar
ines. The new II a submarine Nil dis
rla-c l2nn tons lnd will IT, six times the
size Of the German 10. The mission Of
the fleet submarine viii ~ primarily &C.
attack th. cnemv's hattlrShipS Of the
frt line wv the high seas. " may either
hc Sant ont fn the tar reaches IF the
ocean alone .u search Tor NJ aadnnughiS
and sink them or il nav hc sent ont with
w hIitleShin fleet IVY aid III DESTROYING