Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-06-19
NEW bATTLESH|P
ARIZONA SLIDES
DOWN THE WAYS
Navy's Latest Superdread-
nought christened With Both
Wine and Water

NEW YORK, June 1g.--Gay with
flags and bunting, the huge hull of
the dreadnought Arizona, sister ship
OF the Pennsylvania and one or the
two largest vessels of the United
States navy lay on the ways In the
New York navy yard today await
ing her signal for launching at h1gh
tide this afternoon. The state whose
name she will receive was represent
ed here by a distinguished delegation.
Governor w. p. Hunt led the of11-
cial party. which included United
states Senator Henry F. Ashurst ana
Miss Esther Ross, the sponsor. Tney
had brought q carboy of water, 'the
first spilled over the Roosevelt Dam,
to be used in an unusual double
christening.
This was said to be the first in
stance of a vessel of the Unlted
States navy being named with both
wine and water. The decision to use
champagne as well as water was
made by Governor Hunt in the face
of protests from both national ana
state Womens' Christian Temperance
Union leaders.
Secretary Daniels, of the navy oe-
partment was here for the launcti TX
as well as Admiral F. f. Fletcher,
Major General Leonard Wood and
MANY other army and navy officials
and members of Congress.
Armament Like Pennsylvania.
Compared to the first American bat
tleship. the Indiana, launched IN
1899 the ARIZONA will be nearly twice
as long. half again as wide and OF
three times as great displacement.
| Aeeinst the Indiana's s four thirteen
| inch guns and eight eight-inch, the
Arizona will carry twelve fourteen-
| inch and twenty-five five-inch rltes,
the same armament as her sister snip,
the Pennsylvania, recently launcneo
at Newport News.
In addition to the great size of the
new ships main battery, the guns are
| of forty-fiye calibre as against the
lthirty-fiye calibre Of the Indiana S
thirteen-inch guns, identical with
those aboard the famous old oregon,
which played their part In the battle
| of Santiago With the fourteens OF
the Arizona in her turrets, the Ore
Ron could have halted any one OF the
| fleeing Spanish ships almost without
| leaving her station The Arizona
guns have a range, even at the low
elevation of American navy mount
ings. of fifteen miles or more against
eight or nine miles for the old thir-
| teens.
| The Arizona will be the fourth bat
tleship built by the United States in
its own navy yard at New York. The
others were the Connecticut the
dreadnaught Florida and the super.
dreadnaught New York, at present
one of the largest, swiftest and most
powerful of American fighting craft
Against the New York's displacement
of $1,000 tons, however, the Arizona
will displace 81 400 tons, and will
measure 900 feet in length and ninety
seven feet six inches in width. She
will mount twelve fourteen-inch guns
to the ten fourteens carried by the
Texas. and they will be carried three
! to a turret as aboard the Pennsylva-
mia.
Lay CALIFORNIA; Keel.
Immediately upon the launching OF
the Arizona, the keel of the navy de-
partment's greatest experiment II
naval construction. the electrically
driven per-dreadnaught California
will be laid at the New York yard
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