West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-06-17
UNITED STATES WARSnIPS
ARE NEARLY COMPLETED
Two Supcrdrcadnaughts Almost
Ready and Two Others More
than Half FiniShcd-AlSo Several
Dcstroycrs and Submarines That
Will Soon be Completes

| WASHINGTON. June lO.-Figurcs
made public yesterday by the Bureau
OF Construction OF the Navy show
that there are now nearing completion
Tor the United States navy two super-
dreadnaughts. one submarine tender.
one destroyer tender. two big fuel
shlps and one Panama Canal collier.
All OF these vessels. with the exccp-
ton of two of the submarines. are
more than 30 per cent. completed and
could be put In commission i'm a short
time, If need arose
In addition To these ships. there is
one supcrdroadnaugh more than 7b
per cent completed. another about GO
per cent completed. five destrovcrs
all of them more than 60 per cent
completed, and seven submarines that
are more than 80 per cent completed
The superdreadnaughts alone rem
resent about l25.000 tons. while the
destroyers and submarines are among
the finest of their type ever designed
Ihe superdrcRdnaughts which nIr
more than 90 per cent finished are tho
oklahoma and the Nevada. the former
oeing about % per cent and the latter
w per cent completed. The supor-
dreadnaught Pennsylvania, which will
take the place of the superdreadnaupht
wyoming as flagship of the Atlantic
heet' is more than n per cent com
pleted, while her sister shin. the ArI-
zona, under construction at the navy
yard in Brooklyn, is 60 per cent fin
ishod. The Arizona will be launched
on June 49,
Inc new destroyors which are near
~ ready to take their places I'm the
Atlantic torpedo fotlla are the o.
Brien. which is 81 per cent: the Erics-
son, which Is more than 90 per cent
ana the Cushing, Winslow and Wadg-
worth, each of which is about % ner
cent completed. The destroyers which
are more than 60 per cent completed
are the Jacob Jones, GS per cent: the
Wainwright, 67 per cent; the Con-
ingham, 81 per cent; the Porter Ga
per cent. and the Tucker, 62 per cent.
In addition TO these six other destroy
ers are well under way and will he
ready for launching early I'm 1916.
The submarines which are soon I'm
be added to the fleet are the Ii. which
is 96 per cent; the L-2, which is 07
per cent; the L-3 and Ia. both of
which are more than 30 per cent. and
the CO and G-3, which are each about
% per cent finished. Other subma-
rines are the L-5, which is 66 per
cent; the L-6, which is co per cent.
the Ii, which is 5S per cent; the L-9.
which Is 66 per cent; the Lilo. which
is 90 per cent; the LII, which is 53
per cent, and the MI, which is "a per
cent finished
In addition to these vessels there
are two other superdreadnaughts. the
Idaho and Mississippi, which are un
der construction; another. the Callfor-
mia, the keel of which is TO be laid
soon, and six destroyers and 10 sub
marines under construction. exclusive
OF the ships authorized by the last
Congress, the construction contracts
for which are soon to be let
All Of the uperdreadnaughts men
toned will have main batteries of
twelve l4-inch guns to each ship.
They are all Of the new one funnel,
three gun TO turret type. and each
Will cost more than $10.OOO,OOO. Each
ship Will fire l4-inch broadside
weighing 1G,SOO pounds and each Will
be manned by about 900 officers and
men.