Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-14
Six Dreadnoughts, Six Bat
tie Cruisers Are Be-
ing Built.
CONSTRUCTING ALSO TEN
LIGHT SCOUT CRUISERS
Massachusetts Professor Gives
Result of 20 Years Study of
Modern Warships.
ny CHARLES MEssEu srov.

iondinS settlement OF the question
whether or not the world shall dis
arm. u question which seems more or
less continuously TO be awaiting = de-
cISi"n, there are building in various
~ShipyardS Of the United States s.\
! atticShips designed to be larger and
more powerful than any other vessel
of That class i'm the world. six ba;t!c
cruisers of even greater displacement
ana capable of q speed of 32.5 nrotS.
and ten scout cruisers with "a s.ccd
of thirtN-hvc knots. All these ard
many other craft OF various design
also under constructions. totaIing 10;
in numhcr. are in furthcrancc OF In"
policy laid down by the Secretary u
the Navy in his report iu 1917. when
he referred to the program for naval
expansion as one big enough to as.
sure America "incomparubly the
strongest navy in the world This
Will come bou in 1929. when these
new ships are completed.
How long these monster vessels
now building Will remain al tho top
Of their respective classes 40 man
can say. Professor William How
raard. professor Of naval design and
''F " at NH' .NislSr.t' tAS'NAS III
stitutc Of Technology, and during the
WAY II valued mcmbcr of til" staff of
the Eurcau OF Construction Of The
United states Navy Department. has
just published IN" results oi twenty
years study in Modern History of
Warships u.omdon: j.. & /. y. SponD.
and IN this authoritative work, tho
last word in naval construction. he
30.
within Il few years" he saws. war
ships may he e different design. Now
types OF machinery may be III use.
AMI the nature ot the armament and
protection may not be what ii is now
We can therefore, only indicate. FOR
each TYP" OF ship. it's actual standing
AMI the line OF progress as il appears
today. AMI even such limited prognoS-
tication is admittedly uncertain, he
cause the data On whiCh it is basct!
may not III an cases be quite reliable
and complete
Horn In DrnmurI,.
Professor liovEaard vas born in
1891 Ia ha:hUs. Denmark. ana was
graduated from the Nava academy
AT Copenhagen in 1872. whan he oh
tanned the rank OF sublicutenant Of
the Danish navy Af,cr varied sea
Guty and surveying practice ne was
promoted 10 the rank az lieutenant
IN 1881. Tho nest year lie studied
astronomy at tho observatory of
Copenhagen and wGl u mcmbcr of
the Danish expedition 10 st. Croix.
in the West Indies. for observation
OF tn. ,ransi; Of Venus. In 1889 he
entered the school OF naval archl-
lecture oG Royal Naval College.
Grernwici:. from which he graduated
in 1856. After that followed techni-
cal duty in the royai dockyard at
Copenhagen, with al iugtructorship
in trchnoio@y in the Dockyard School
Of Naval Architects ana EnglnccrS.
Between 1893 and 1897 he was ward
manager OF the s%hipyard cf Bur
m2iStor & Vain. during whIch time
the imp, rial Russian Yacht STANDARD
and numerous tho vessels We're
built, among them ice breakers. rail
way ferries and ordinary cargo
boats. In 1898 he received his pro-
motion Ia commander. and then fci-
loved technical and administrative
duty. which included tho complete
design OF a submarine AT the royal
dnClsy"rd. In 1901 he was sent to
the United States 10 study the cues
lion Of submarine boats and other
technical matters and in October OF
That wear lac became the professor
of naval design and construc-
ton az the Massachusetts, In
s;itute of Technology. a posi-
ton which he has held ever
since During the war he was en-
Ia :cd in technical duty n the bu-
rcan of construction aud rcpair of
the Navy Department in Washing
ton and since the wal he has ear
RCD on both practical a-.i research
work for his bHreau. Since 1912
Professor iDvgaard has been a trus-
tee Of the Observation-Disclosures
Foundation IN New York. In 1919
h" became a citizen OF the United
states. Iicsilcs Modern History of
Warships' Professor I~Ioveaard is
the author % numerous works on
naval construction as well as Of "a