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America’s Biggest Battleship

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Mar 15, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 11.

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America’s Biggest Battleship

According to the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Meyer, the United States will soon have the biggest battle-ship on the sea. Its displacement will be 34,000 tons. It will carry 12 14-inch guns, and 35 5-inch guns. The 14-inch gun can hurl a broadside of shells each weighing 1,400 pounds, for a distance of 6½ miles. 23 knots an hour is the speed. The cost is estimated at $18,000,000. The only two war-ships approaching it in size are two Japan is now building, each having a displacement of 32,000 tons. It will be provided with a new design of torpedo defense battery, and it will have 6 turrets protected by 11-inch armor. The amount of powder it requires to fire the 1,400-pound shell is 400 pounds.