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ELM KB A. FBI K.\ D. EDITOR and GKNKKVL MANAGER.
Harry V. Hoben, President. Frank L. Ballaine, Sec. :
hiuered *■ eecond-claaa matter September 2, I9lj. :«t tlu* l\*»t Office at Seward. Alaikv
under Act of March J. 1879.
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BIG FLEET
WILL SGGN
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WASHINGTON, Aug. fhe
g'vatest corcentration ot‘ ea po er in
the iusto y of the Ann- ican navy will
result from the junction of the n»or
ganized Atlantic and Pacific fleets of'
the Pacific coast next Jaunary under
plans now being prepared by naval
operations. The great naval spectacle
probably will be staged in the vicinity
of the gulf of Panama.
Officials of the Navy department
say the proposed mobilization will in
no sense result in “grand’ maneuvers
No «*{ fort
all of the nation’s navu strength and
only ships regularly i: commission
with trained r -*ws w, pa ticipate.
The rxeiciscs and drills will be simp!*
and mainly of a com pet it'w tutu e.
ineluding unofficial athlet e competi
tions between rep e.-entatives th<
two fi* ets and of individua ships. Tin
main object of the mobilization w ’ !*•
to Lriv»* officers and men an opportun
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A-.mi al It n y It. \\ 0:1, command
e;-in- chief of the Atlantic fieet, will
1»* senior officer of the combined for
ce. with Admiral Hugh Rodman, chief
of the Pacific Fleet, second in com- r
maml.
1 ,e mam uvors will he unaptc in
many respects, chiefly in that t'.ey j
will affoul t’ e first actual mobiliza
tion of the bulk of the new Arne; ican
navy. IJefore the war the forces wore
, ulw'i'vs moi e or le>s scattered and a
shortage of several types of vessels,
punicidurih of dost oyrs s.rbtnannos
'light cruisers, aerial forces and fleet
tux tries math t impossible to con
c titrate a well rounded out fieet a!
th ugh th; majo portion of the bat
tloshin fo ces met each winter at (iu
j antanamo. t’uba. for target practic*
! and drills.
luring the war the shortage in
most tyue-i of feinali \w-.ols, notaldv
d**st’c»\i*r> ami submarines, was over
com *. b ;t the entite fleet was nevot
mobilized, due to the use of practical
1 y all light craft in the wav zone, tin
detail of cruisers to osco t duty am
the fact that a considerable portion o‘
the battleship force was on dut>
•ileoad much of the time.
T! e .lanua y manu ve s will sot :
new m:i*k in Ame ican naval progress
t mu* in the history oi
the new navy the battleship fleet will
in* .'Uppoi ted by a reasonably ade
, iiuate number of destroyers and otiu*
1 Vbt c a*’t. Submarines will he avail*
• 1 !•» in abundance, tog* -tbor with s\it
• : i lent naval aircraft for all tactical
: u<-pOj.es and a fully rounded out fie* t
a ixiliit’W ve*»s**ls. The total num
hot of ves-els to participate will de
pend on the progress of romiiting. as
| many 'hips are in reserve now for
lack of crews. hut it is probable that
Admiral Wilson will command at
; least ft on vessels of all types.
The most modern of dreadnoughts
t to participate in the mamievers will lv ,
the great Tennessee. The last word
in naval construction, this great float
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up for.; c.'S displaces bJ.OOO tons,,
canies I- tom let'll inch puns and is
propels d l>\ electric turbines. Hie
I'.'iu.* Iattached to the Atlantic-'
4'i .. A. si>t *r ship. the ('aliforuia..
probably will not be completed in time
tii join Admiral Hodman's force before
the maneuvers.
A com| t.ision of the ships available
for n<‘\t .,ii;t, 's maneuveis with the,
naval si ipt'n available for ti similar
concentr; Con ten years npo affords
some st ikinp contrasts. January 1,
IP 10. the l;uesi Imltieshio in the navy
was the New Hampshire, authorized
by Con * -s in 1P0-1. construction
*tait"d u lpod and completed in IPOS.
V mm i i n of the New Hampshire
and the Teiincs.-ce follows:
X Kami 'hire: Length !•"»() feet;
breii i. , » tWt; draft 27 feet; dis
pku« m. t »*.74 0 ton*; speed 18 knots,
main buttmy l twelve inch gun* and
S eight inch; sevoadaiy battery* 12
thre e in 2; f >ur submerged torpedo
tub ■ ; n m b armor. I'ropellcd by
triple* expansion steam engine** eievol
(pimr Is.oou horsepower: cre*w 12>*0
including marine*.
'l*MlUt -s< •: 1920. Lengih 000 feet;
bivuelth ’97 feet; draft 21 feet; dis
nlacemcr.t 22.000 terns; speed (eem
tract) 21 knots; main batteny 1
fourte en nch g ins; s condary battei \
11 five inch guns; two submerge*! tor
poelo tubes; piopelle*el by* electric tur
bines developing 28,000 horsepenver;
••lew 1000 men. incluelir.g marines.
Kighteen single* calibre gun ships
clashed as dreaelnoughts will be avail
able for the .January maneuvers that
were not complete*! in 1910. They will
have a combined displacement of 44o
i)00 tons and a combine*! gun power of
112 fourteen ine-Ii guns. 80 twelvers,
220 five inch and 28 three inch.
A comparison of total battleship
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forces available in 11)20 with 1010
shows that this year there are Is
dreadnoughts and 1!* predreadnmights.
excluding the Oregon class. .Most of {
4i'' battleships listed as available in
1010 are now consid< red obsolete.
Ten years ago the navy destroyoi 1
force consist* d of about .‘IS vessels, in ;
eluding 17 torpedo boats even tin n
practically obsolete. This year Admir
als Wilson and Rodman command de
stroyer forces aggregating more than
200 vessels, with over 100 n*oe in re
serve or under construction. In 11*10
.■sixteen submarines were carried on
the active list of the navy. This year
nearly 100 of the submersible.* are at
tached to the two fleets, with about
7*> more under construction.
The cruiser* strength of the navy
has shown little change in the pa t
t‘*n years. In 11*10 tin* backbone of t!e
cmiser force was tin* “big eight” ar
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