Evening star., 1925-04-07

'tontinued from First Bage.p
to the feet would require substantial
addition to the shore facilities. prob
ably not equal in value to the cost Of
all Of the csrriers-thst is a billion
dollars--but at least substantial
addition to the present facilities. To
man these 81 ships would also re-
quire that the personnel of the Navy
be about doubled and the annual ap-
propriations increased by about 800,
600. 900.
After this hasty mental approx
| nation, the witness, who believed in
both a surface Navy and in the ex-
pansion Of the naval aircraft pro-
gram. answered that he would prefer
the 900 bombing planes. ] do not
say ] have correctly portrayed the
mental operations of this witness
hut the suggestion illustrates the i'm
plicstions involved in substantial
addition TO the naval air force
Greatest Electric Ship.
The Saratoga is So fe.f Tong. with
beam OF los feet Her electric
power plant is designed 10 develop
1s0,900 horsepower. greater than the
com bi,.ed rated output of the six cleo
triG- G-driven capital ships now in com
mission, the New Mexico. California
Tennessee. Maryland. Colorado and
West Virginia. She will have a speed
| of 33 knots an hour and flying deck
| reaching from stem to stern.
The Saratoga Will be driven by
| huge electric motors. the power be-
ing generated by turbines operated
by steam from Is oil-hred boilers
| She will carry s-inch rifles. the limit
| of size for ships of her type under
| the treaty, and will weigh more, tha n
$4,000 tons. The power plant Of the
rev naval giant would be capable OF
| supplying the electrical needs of q
| city of nearly 600. .0eo inhabitants.
Rear Admiral Grimm. former chief
| Of the Bureau of Engineering, said
the Saratoga would represent the
! greaterst horsepower per shaft that
! has ever been projected in any ma rine
| installation. irrespective of the type
/ of motive power"
sixth Vessel OF Name.
| The Saratoga is the sixth naval
vessel to- have that name. The first
was a small ship commanded by Capt.
James Young. during the Revolution
airy War. 1t was built In 1880 and
received its name through an act OF
Congress to commemorate the sur
render OF Burgoyne at Saratoga in
/ Is17. The little boat had an active
| part in the early American naval his
tory but It's end Is q naval mystery.
for the first Saratoga foundvred some
where off the Middle Atlantic coast
with all hands aboard.
The second Saratoga was built
hastily during the War OF 1872, and
served as flagship for Commodore
Marlborough in the battle of Pls It's
burg. 1t was set on fire twice dur
ing the battle. but managed TO sur
I vive. 1t was sold IN 1924.
Third Saratoga Built In 1S4:.
The third Saratoga was built in
1S42, and served the country for many
years, finally being used as the
scholar ship for the Pennsylvania Nau-
teal School. at which Capt Hartley,
now master of the Leviathan, received
his first schooling.
The fourth was the armored cruis-
er. New York. now the Rochester,
which. was SIMPSONS flagship at San
ttago. For a number of years II bore
the name Saratoga.
The Genesee. at present an auxiliary
craft of the navy. was known as the
Saratoga for a time after it was built
in 1907 at Philadelphia.