The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-03-17
Pennsylvania Greatest
of Worlds Battleships



ries eight t5-iach rifles. As calibre. Get
two 70 a turret. while the Nevada and
Oklahoma have ten ta-inch rifles each
In two s-wun turress. Ia ali these
shirs. Including the Pennsylvania. the
tuzrsss are al on the center Line to
concentrate their IRE on either broad
side
Five hattleships Of the British navy
yet e. be launched viii have less ten
mage than the Pennsylvania. the ships
81 the Royal Sovereign osass begng 81
2s.bee tons displacement and none viii
equal the Pennsylvania Ia Armament.
Each is oe4igned e carry eight Is
inch wylns
Details Of tire four other British
oattieshiIss. already authorized. are not
known here oaaciaily
rive ships az the japanese navy.
estimated for in 1919 and knomn a. the
Fuse class wili not eaual the Penn
sytvhnta fla tonnage vita their dis
placement % 30.oe0 tons. but viii car
~ the same main battery 81 twelve IA
inch rides. They wal exceed the Penn
syivania IN speed. estimates calling Tor
e knots against = iaotH for the
Pennsylvania
The 1914 estimates for the German
navy call for three ships u the Kaiser
Friedrich III class. with a displacement
% zaseoe tons and carrying eight Is
inch rfaes
The British ships OF the Queen Els
aoeth class greatly exceed those o. any
othe navy in speed, requirements call
I ing FOR 20 knots an hour while tho
\ Royal Sovereign class wnn make a.
least 2a.s knots.
4 Since the outbreak ~ the war details
I az TO foreign naval programs have been
I 5ealoualy guarded and Il is probable
i that Great Britain. Germany and
I France have laid down many vessels
! % which no report has been made. So
4 FAR IS "a known. however. no vessels
/ in siKe the three American ships -
have bern planned which viii exceed
the California class work or which has
barely started
These viii have a displacement ~
"a. 600 tons each and armament equal
Z to that II the Pennsylvania
The cruising radius 81 the pennsyl-
Y vania viii be considerably increased
/ BY IRE fact that she viii he equipped
for oll fuel The Queen Elizabeth has
a capacity II 600 tons II oil because
- her high speed requirements
\ From her enormous main battery the
Il Pennsylvania VIII be able Co hurt with
the pressure q a singae firing lever.
1 ~ tens 81 steel on either hroadride
N addition she win carry Z secondary
battery 81 twenty-five s-lnch rifles for
defense against torpedo BOATS She
viii be fitted also with four submerged
81 Inch torpedo tables and her ships
company will pc composed ~ s5 officers
ss8 blueiackets and ca marines. The
snip measures Sos feet over All and
81 feet beam. and her main draft "a
- feet 70 inches almost the limit
in sire FOR the Panama canal and = es-
ent navy dry docks There are only a
few docks In the world which car re-
ceive her ana sire couid nor enter
many busy herBors except under most
favorable conditions 81 tide and wind
COST sf3oo0ooo.
when completed the FennHvlvania
wfn have cost the government more
than aia.eoo zoe She win De ready
for commission. under contract. by
February =. 1918 Her keel was laid
October 81. 1918
The enormous size - the new ship
Z
aattieship construction has developed
even before the great war. l. indicated
~ comparison 81 the Pennsylvania
withthe British battieahip Dreadnaush'
mrat o. al the AL big Nun ships IN ans
navy The preaanaught was estimated
for in 1897 she was designed TO dis
place % zoe tons bat actually q con-
siderablN larger In the main batteFg
are ten f4-inch guns with broadaids
IRE Of six guns and her trial speed
was gf.2 knots.
The Pennsylvania viii be equipped
with turbine engines as Is the Okla.
homa. the Queen Elizabeth and all q
the newest English. German and Jap
enese battle craft The Nevada vii
be- operated by reoiproeatlnE enEine,
while the California. Of the aa.0s0 class
via De driven BY electricity. one 81
the other tive American hsttleahipi
~ the California class viii have tur'
hlne engines and the other reciprocal
ing IN line with the navy department''
policy Of not entirely abandoning th'
raciprocating tyre unti a thoroughly
satisfactory marine turbine h. found
n the experiment on the CaiifOrnla
with electric drive. current 70 be gener'
atea by EtcAm turbines running sc htgf
speed. A. successful the engine prob
lem may be solved Il already haa
proved satisfactory Ia a navy collie
and the experiment with the Cailfdruis
only needs 20 determine Whether II i
equally efficient Ia high power plants
THE CHRISTENING.
Chriatened ~ Miss Elizabeth Kolh
81 Germantown. Pa. as Secretary d
tho Navy Daniels gave the signal 90
the launching, the 4, 600 ton husk slit
steadily from the ways into the histor
u James river. The swell IN the rive
watch rose In huge proportions as th'
han struck the water. tossed the shil
Il q nation now ~ war, the 0ermaS
converted cruiser Prinx Esitei Fried
rich, locked less than = hundred yard
away
one ~ the notable incidents * m
occasion WAS the presence IN IN
launching Frandstand ~ Captain Ma
ThierfehenR commander OF the Ger
man sea raider. which, bat few week
ago had sunk an American merchan
vessel Ina this south Atlantic ocean ant