Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-07-20
Mc5Lp's GREATEST
tiGnTiNo SHIP.
sc cseatset sattleship the
World Mas Ever Known, the
r.aadmauoht Pennsylvania
Delivered to the United
States Government on
June I.
{Ry Donald Carlyle. J

N I'm her l5,4 Ou toHS VI iAoa'
no steel, the U. S. S. Pennsyl-
lania takes her place upon the
waters OF the earth as the chal-
l,rrer of any other craft that
floats and that may array itself
AGAINST those principles which
the american eagle tYpiile9.
Not only is the PENNSYLVANIA
the biggest battleship in all the
world, With the capacity for hhri-
ing the greatest weight of de-
siructive shells, but she is the
sturdiest fighting craft that has
ever been built since man became
the user Of tools and began the
ashionlng OF those devices which
raised HIM above the brute. Ot
ali the nations Of the world that
enter the lists as fighters upon
he sea. not one has ship thai
equals the Pennsylvania in power
When the Pennsylvania goes
into commission she will immfd
,ately become the flagship for th,
Vice Admiral commanding the
lattleship squadron. This means
thai she will become the Very
heart of the fighting fleet. Her
los ition, of all the vessels of the
navy, will be tactically the most
important. If this nation should
within the next few months, come
Ia grips with any great sea power
and shoud a battle result, upon
which might depend the destiny
al the nation, that battle would
lie directed from the bridge of The
dreadnaught Pennsylvania.
To the man on the street il
may not mean much to say. THAI
his ballleship has weight o.
81 200 tons. He may begin. how
ever, to grasp the idea of the new
ship relative strength when it Is
recalled to him that her immed
tate predecessors. the Texas and
he New York, disp1nce but $4,000
toms, 80 III is shown that she takes
lr place a > the premier ship in
he american navy. She will re
I.aln unllNaled for hut few
month however, for in Septcm-
her it is expected that her twin
si ter, Tie Arizona, OF similar
eizr and CAPABILITIES will be Dlacad
iii commis ION.
he great advance made in ma
lll design and construction in
he past half decade is forcihly
demonstrated when a compari
son is made between the Pannsyl-
wanna. the latest American dread
hou9ht, and the Delaware. first
vessel OF that class, which also
came into being at he Newport
News ship ward. having been com
mls5loned in 1910 The Della
ware, which was the marvel Of
her time, has a displacement Of
20. 600 tons and has five turrets,
each of which contains two t2
inch guns making a total of ten
gins OF that calibrr, as against
the PennSN 5 twelve guns,
inch callbfe The brOadsidn
from the Delaware is capable of
1hfoWlng four tons of metal,
while the simultaneous discharge
IJ..1 4 il,
a d one half tons. Such is the
q 'vc'opllent of single six wears.
he designers of the Pennsyl-
wanna when they decided TO add
q .U') ions to Tie vessel, OF This
ciis IN addition To the weight OF
tfeii predecessors, did so that
til ~ n.lsht aceolnpli. Ii AN ad
V'n'" m the "tin lower Of Amari
ca battle ilu,a Tie New York
a d The leSaa each carried ten
srea gums of li-inch caliber
The Penn ylvania will mount
Twelve such guns. That she might
90 50 ii became necessary To in
crease her size a $ Indicated.
o hiln who is familiar with The
appearance OF Uncle Sans fight
ing ships the tuTrrts containing
these twelve great guns will he
The point al special distinction To
The dffadnallshl PENNSYLVANIA
he New lncll and HE Teyae
We're the FIRST hips on winch
1lir9a great .,ir We're mounted
IN ''ilfcts Zach nt which carried
three OF them On these shins
there We're forward and ait, one
1'irrei Oh three guns and one OF
Two he PENNSYLVANIA carries
forward and aft, two tmrrets. each
Of which CONTAINS three monster
guns
.nstr,inont:. at Destruction.
he Great l,ip winch rarfira
Sifuci.nn GOO frrt lon" and 81
i7ft III width Any harbnr in the
mia winch lc't.i.rs the PrnmsNi-
Nan., must nj necessity have a
Gei.!i .! more than - for such
VIII be he draft al he .rral craft
when he is fully loaded and
equipped for service and her
weren't is con sennrntly brought
Np la - 500 tons.
When til" PENNSYLVANIA is fully