The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-25
HDCE OUTLAY REQUIRED
70 UPkEEP U. S. NAVY
vprNsE OF ONE BATTLESHIP
H. 1opp THAN ENTIRE FLEET
A FEW YEARS AGO.
uEl COST is $17,5OO,OOO YEAR

.d,.ugbts of Maryland Class Cost
D sI2 100000 Each, Fire 16-Inch Guns
Costing S256,oOo Each, and Use $751;
NM IN Proiectiles for Each Salvo.
u,+b the disarmament conference,
,adrIed to begin in Washington on
,.n,;stice day, November II, certain
oor the most attention to the huge
~ Of modern, day navies interest is
,.an .roused in those nations Boosting
O, VIZ oower as to the cost of their war
ia moments. If any limitation OF arma-
m p.s+ agreement is reached it is GER
llsn' 90 affect the navies Of the world
t Grst as diplomats figure this is where
.bs biggest saving in money can be
NAMED, The United States is vitality
g"tsrested in this move, because this
annn 1t is spending as much, II not
r MORE on a navy than any other ma
O"' How Costs Have Mounted.
The cost OF keeping up Uncle Sans
.,I1 today would shock a naval ottl-
a,I of half a century ago, for the cost
=; one battleship now far exceeds the
oa.t nj an entire fleet of new ships IN
he Gid DAYS, according to figures from
Ie navy department. When the Cnlt-
n States dreadnaught Maryland,
which carries the heaviest armament
u anv fighting ship in the world, tlres
broadside in battle it will cost, IN
nrnd figures, total OF Sl8,O0O.
Each OF the projectiles fired in acton
ham l6-inch gun costs 81, 400: 10
II. INST be added fair sum, estlmat-
A At $3.50, for depreciation OF the gun,
5rnging the actual cost for each shot
n 3 $50. This figure is without re
ard 10 the pay of the men composing
Is o11n crew. the cost OF their mann
nance in food and clothes, the up
gen of range finding and other appa-
sns, which would run up into stag
rring sum, difficult to estimate.
The MARYLAND, which is just now be-
no put into commission Tor the hrSt
me OF the Atlantic fleet, having been
elivered only a few weeks ago from
he ship builders, carries, with other
armament, eight 16-inch guns OF ~
aliber, 1t is the only battleship IN the
World to have 16-inch guns in its tur-
qts, the nearest approach to them be-
ng the l5-inch guns of the British. =.
The 16-inch guns of the Maryland
sch cost S256,000 to build, and they
arc good for the firing of about 100
hots each. Then they will have to be
Telned. at an outlay of approximately
rs.third of the original cost. The re-
ming NAV be done three or tour
INES. according to the character OF
he firing that has been done.
Target Shots Less Costly.
In addition to the 16-inch guns the
2rvIand's armament consists OF four
lem 5-inch guns, four 3-inch antl-air
rait guns. four 6-pound saluting guns
nd two 21-inch submerged torpedo
hes While there are other fighting
ips in the American fleet that are
Isl as large, $500 tons and measur-
600 feet in length and u.s. across
e beam. none of them is equipped
18th such armament
The battle projectiles, larger and
lore costly than the type used in tar
ct practice, weigh 2,lO0 pounds; WINE
be battle projectiles cost Sl,4OO each
) he type used in target practice cost
ut $500 each. =,
The newer type of battleships, laid
own but not completed, are to be
gen larger and much more expensive
operate than those of the type OF
be Maryland. A striking example OF
bis is in the battleship Iowa, the new
pwa, which is now building at New
brit News, Va, to be completed with
two or three years. In tonnage It
Bill exceed the size of the Maryland
one-fourth.
Whereas the old battleship Iowa
easured 500 feet from stem to stern
be new Iowa will measure almost
vice as much, a total of ga feet. he
peed OF the one time pride OF the
Pvy was II knots, while that OF the
ew will be %. Instead of the triple
pansion engines developing zO,OOO
rSepower, as in the old, the new
ghting ship, burning oil, will have an
ectric drive developing 10000 horse
wer. The total displacement OF the
Iowa is 11,346 tons, while that OF
p new will be 43,200 tons. 1t VIII
s virtually three times as much tc
crate the new ship as it did the old
Even Greater Contrast
An even greater contrast in costs
thin the memory of men living Is
own by the 81. 100000 bid to builc
Chicago, Boston, Atlanta and Dol
IN in the eighties. This famous
mte Squadron, called by former Sec
ary John D. Long "the nucleus O
new navy" reused nationwide
mment because of its cost. The tota
ogd just about keep one of the mos
oaern super-dreadnaughts in com
NSion Tor a year, exclusive OF III
81 cost Of $42,000,000.
he next highest size of heavy guns
the navy are 14-inch and they cos
oO9O each to build They also are
% Tor 100 rounds without being re
sd The projectiles for these gun:
Tor battle 5000 each, while thos'
target practice cost $500,
Maintenance Cost Heavy.
me cost Of maintaining a moderr
5eshlp is around $750,000 a year
laslve OF pay. Such a modern war
as The Maryland carries crew Q
W. with an officers roster OF 100. l.
JS.,ihated that the payroll OF sucf
'P amounts in a month to SlOO,
An allowance of 90 cents a day /
le lor each man for rations, so tina
.olal cost Of the food for the crev
week amounts to $4,000 The off
pay their own mess bills.