Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1917 — New Power for Battleships. [ARTICLE]

New Power for Battleships.

“Were it permissible to write of shipbuilding developments in another sphere,” says the London Telegraph, “a truly marvelous tale, reflecting everlasting credit upon those who design and build our ships* of war, could be told. But that - story, like so many others, will have to wait until after the final victory that these engineering triumphs alone will have made possible of attainment by the allied nations.” As the writer was at the time discussing the progress of geared turbines for warships it may not be a bad guess that he refers to electric propulsion for naval vessels. In referring to the progress of shipbuilding in 1916, he noted that whereas tn 1915 six vessels having geared turbines were built, the number had Increased to 52 vessels under construction a year later. Of these, 25 were being equipped with Parsons single-geared turbines and 27 with Curtis double-reduction-geared turbines. He then made his obscure hint of some great advance.