Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1907 — The Greatest Warship in the World. [ARTICLE]

The Greatest Warship in the World.

Congress at the last session authorized the construction of two 20,000ton battleships. Full details of the plans and specifications are not given to the public, but it is known that they will be twin vessels, more formidable than the British Dreadnought and with a speed of 21 knots. While Congress only asked for the submission of plans for a ship superior to the Dreadnought, the Navy Department considered the new Japanese and Italian monsters as well. Some details are given in Harper’s Weekly. It is certain that the twin ships will carry ten and possibly twelve twelve-inch guns and a secondary battery of fourteen five-inch rapid fire guns, four three-pound saluting guns, four one-pound semi-auto-matic guns, two three-inch field pieces, two thirty-caliber machine guns and two submerged torpedo tubes.