A Salvage Outfit for War-Ships
The fact that a battle-ship might be put out of action by a single blow from a submarine mine or a torpedo through having a hole made in its sides that would soon fill it with water and cause it to sink has led the navy department to try a very novel experiment. It consisted in equipping the North Carolina with a salvage outfit so constructed that compressed air can be made to drive out quickly the im rushing water and permit of the vessel’s being repaired. It is reported that the success of the experiment is so satisfactory that they are going to equip others of the big war-ships with it as rapidly as possible. The intensity with which men are making improvements in the engines of war is one of the very remarkable features of this time.