Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1895 — Useless Torpedo Boats. [ARTICLE]

Useless Torpedo Boats.

They have two big white elephants at the New York navy yard just now. It seems that the Navy Department does not know what to do with the torpedo boats built for the battleships Texas and Maine. These boats have failed to make the time required for torpedo service, and those designed for the Texas will not be used, and it Is probable tlyri: those made for the Maine will not go with that ship. These boats cannot make more than eleven or twelve knots an hour, and, In the opinion of naval experts, that speed will be useless in battle. One of the torpedo boats of the Texas will be on exhibition at the Atlanta exposition. It is probable that all of these torpedo boats will be used at the Annapolis Naval Academy by th*e cadets.—New York Commercial Advertiser.