Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-29
Battle Cruisers to Be Faster
and Superdreadnoughts :
More Powerful

More P0WertW 4
Americas new battle cruisers.
uhlch are to cost more than 100000
900 each, and VIII surpass any vessels
~ their class yet authorized by any
navy. WIN be ships Of 34,S00 tons dis
Placement, more than three ordinary
New York City blocks long, mounting
I6 runs OF the latest 1l-inch type, and
VIII be fitted with eight 21inch tor
D1lo tubes. says the New York Times.
n appearance they VIII be tn q
class BY themselves. Five great nun
nrls. arranged four between the masts
and one aft Of the after mast, an un-I
Usually low freeboard. and the slen-
Itrness Of the iatticeworks masts, are
rofhnps the three most distinctive
|16iures 90 far az the appearance OF
ne mighty fighters 10 concerned.
The Navy Construction Bureau has
|nrf completed the official drawings
ri the battle cruisers, a. well as the
|IaWings Of the new 32,600-ton super
|Ieadnoughts, the construction or
mich IL about 10 begin, and each OF
which viii carry main battery OF
eight guns Of the le-inch type. These
|,Ins win fire projectiles Weighing
more than 5000 pounds, and every one
can be fired IN broadside TO the
I1ft or starboard.
The official description Of the bat
||1 cruisers shows that they will be
1900 tons larger than the ships Of the
british Tiger class, while In gun pow
81 they viii mount 10 guns Of the M
inch type. &c compared TO eight Of
ne lS.5-inch type on the Tiger. The
TIGER .is 40 feet long. whereas the
American ships win be $50 feet long.
r. 1Deed they are expected TO exceed
Tie great British fighter by about two
Iots. The displacement OF the Amer
can ships exceeds that Of the British
..IIle cruisers Of the Lion type by
moo tons, while IN length the Ameri-
en- battle cruiser viii exceed ships
N he Lion type by 175 feet. The
.1'1kt OF pfojectfles fired In q broad.
'|| from the new American ships win
d. 1900 pounds. whereas the big
.11 Of the Tiger and the Lion fire
1foadside that totals about $500
....tds German Gran, Too
- |II|. MLINIE EAH4U0A0 VI tAA0
.||IIInger type displace $4,000 tons,
.| 900 ie6l than the American ships.
While 3 broadside from the Derffling-
era eight 12lnch guns weighs $500
pounds. OF less BY 200 pounds than
..|I the broadeide that the 10 14-inch
rms 81 the American ships viii be
able 10 fire.
I1c only battle cruisers, other than
me- proposed American ships, 70 mount
Inch guns. as indicated BY the best
.||I'1bie records. are the Japanese
..|0I the Boneo and Hi-Yei. each Of
..'tl mounts eight guns Of that type,
.|'ch gives them q broadside Of IL
d. pounds. But the japanese ships
.|| TOO tons smaller than the Amerl-
|.II while their speed Il about five
..1It less The Russian battle cruis-
"a. 81 the Borondino and Poltaya
..|.1oG are about the same size as the
....nose ships. but are still slower
IND TIE American ships exceed them
.peed hy over eight and one-half
ne official Sketches Of the super
.|.Ilnoughts Maryland. Colorado.
West Virginia. and Washington show
hat The Navy department has returns
81 ~ the ships 81 the tWo-funnel, two
|1 turret type. The new ships will
IS about 5000 tons larger than the
.0oi< Queen Elizabeth Of the Brit.
-. Navy, and viii mount eixht is
I11 guns IN turrets, two forward and
Two at, 60 compared 70 eight guns Of
ne I6-inch type on the Queen Eliza
.||I The German suDeriFeadnOuRht
Worth and Friedrich III, Ike the
Queen Elizabeth. mount eight guns
~ the 15inch type. They are about
1900 tons less a displacement than
the Maryland and her sister ships.
~ Size the foreign ships that near.
est approach the vessels Of the Mary.
|Id type are the Japanese super
.|0odnouehts Of the Fuse and Yama.
miro types, the Fuso being 4 shin OF
|1oo tons and the Yamashiro Of 81.
||0 tons. The Fuse mounts ~ IA.
'|I guns.
Lack ~ speed n Our Nsvy
The design Of the new American
||IIIe cruisers. says the Record, s.is
|tIy 70 exercise considerable influ-
||Ie on naval construction throughout
ne world There are no converts
NE new converts. But 4 Is not q 1t.
"a Surprising that the American naval
..|1orities. once they we're convinced
@ he value Of capital ships Of the /
|'|Iost possible speed, should have
decided on 50 revolutionary q step in
|I08truction as the new battle cruiser
'.n6 Indicate The average speed OF
tie ships az the American fleet. class
-. class. is considerably lower than