The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-27


nur to preparation Of designs by the
department II IL true that the de-.
signing ana building Of submarines
y a speciality that requires experiences.
but we now have Ia the navy adrlna.e
experience in this connection
Tho design completed by tn bureau
WIS that OF the Schley. the o.g fleet
submarine now building at the Forc
! River yard, Quincy Mass. aud glich
will ve commissioned Ia th, uriiz
of 1918. In addition She department
h. preparing plans Tor two other esen
larger underwater craft. proba biy 10
displacc i.g00 10 t.s00 tons. which
were authorized this year.
OF the reorganization Of the sub
marine service admiral Tnylor saya,
The recently inanRumted cha nge
In the administration of the subnia-
rines Of the fleet is working very we'll.
| The bureau n0 longer receives gem
crai allegations OF worthlcssneas with
no helpful suggostions but Is fur
nished definite statement ~ TO what
troubles have occurred and valuable
suggestions Tor Improvements. Prog
rcss under such conditions S. certain.
and rapid
Admiral Taylor mentions the exper-
iments made during the year In
search Of adequate defense Tor hattle-
slips against submarine and aero
plane attack and adds that "specln-
cations for the ships next To- be pur-
chased huve boon materially i'm
proved Details OF changes IN con
struction are regarded as confiden-
tai
The report shows that bureau ex-
pcriments have resulted In the sub
stitution Of cheaper nickol-steel FOR
the usual expensive special treatment
metal on the battlcsIip California.
Just laid down at the New York navy
yard. The change viii give "tho same
or grentcr ctnci0ncy.' the report adds
ships of TIE California and later
classes have been designed with the
comfort at the Grew n yiew. The
have reading aud recreation rooms for
the men as well as laundries aud i-n-
proved culinary and washing arrange
ments
The various activities of the bureau
are wei shown In the report in lrll-
ing with the model basin. where nan
designs are tested, the wind tunaei.
where neroplane experiments are
made and other experimental euuip-
ment Twenty per cent of the worR
done last year ia the model basin was
for private builders who are learn
ing of The advantage this adinnr, al
che navy has been to lis designers
device To simulate storm conditions
and wave motions Is now being in.
stalled in the tank
of aircraft design the report says
The Development ~ the auroplane
secins 20 be- in the direction of larger
weight capacity and greatef spe.d,
aud in this respect b. repcstin. the
history W the development nf war-
ships
Tho department has designed and
begun construction of an aernplane to
carry -,20o pounds as "A meons &, de-
vclup knowledge Of this subject among
.ts engineers
The recovery oi the wrecked sub
marine Fl 40 Honolulu is regarded
np navy experts ls an uuoqualled ac-
| comphshmcut The success Of the
operations was in pnrt due a. exten-
siNe tests of deep diving conducted
during the year beginning with ex-
perimcnts iu a laboratory tank where
pressure was arranged To- equal that
az depths never before reached hy
divers Chicf Gunner Siiilson. the
naYy's crack diver directed the work
and the later actual diving az sea
which showed what had been arcom-
| plished sun greater achievements
are hoped tor as result
The report points out the high
standard of efficiency made by bureau
employees. IL being known that no
vessel designed hy the navy ha. shown
overweight during the las, twelve
years. u record NO private company
uor the designers uf any other govern
meut have cqualied Rc-rating of
bureau employees is asked In order
thni some hope ot advancement may
hc si cu them and au ncreasa Ina per
sonncl 10 do away with the voluntary
overtime the report declares they
have chcertully rendered The ease
lof % constructor nt one ~ she uavy
yards who has been forced tor months
10 work twelve hours cyor> duy in-
| cludug sundays is cited q. showins
thc short -hHude condition of The
turrc while the naval establishment
has been steadily ncrsasiue