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208 Battleship Texas Launched The battleship Texas was launched May 12 from the yard of the Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., contract for which was awarded to the company Dec. 17, 1910, upon its bid of $5,830,000, with the bidders' design of reciprocating en- THE MARINE REVIEW age done to the pier. The accident -was caused by a mistake of signals and the United States local inspect- ors at Seattle have suspended tem- porarily the licenses-of second assist- ant and third assistant engineers of the Alameda. There was no conflict in the testimony of the two engi- June, 1912 boarded his helm and dropped anchor but the Alameda's impetus was so great that after cutting through 150 ft. of timber and piling she struck the steamer Telegraph with such force that the latter sank within a few minutes. Four people on, the dock were injured. Tue BatrLesHip Texas as SHE gines installed. The general dimensions and features of the Texas are as fol- lows: Length on designer's waterline, 565 ft.; breadth, extreme at designer's waterline, 95 ft. 254 in.; mean trial dis- placement, 27,000 tons; mean draught to bottom of keel at trial displacement, about 28 ft. 6 in.; total coal bunker capacity, about 2,850 tons; total fuel-oil storage, 400 tons; coal and fuel oil car- ried on. trial, 2,167 tons: feed water carried on trial, 213 tons; speed on trial, not less than 21 knots. Armament: Main battery--Ten 14-in., 45-caliber breech-loading rifles; four submerged torpedo tubes. Secondary battery--Twenty-one 5-in. rapid-fire guns, 5l-caliber; four 3-Ib. saluting guns; two 1-lb. semi-automatic guns for boats; two 3-in. field pieces; two machine guns, 30-caliber. The sister ship New York is being built at the New York navy yard. The keel of the Texas was laid April LZ, 1911, and the New York, Sept. 11, 1911. The percentage of completion of the Texas on May 1 last was 57.7 per cent and of the New York 26.6 per cent. Damage to Colman Dock It was briefly noted in THe Marine Review for May that the Alaska liner Alameda had run into the Colman dock, at Seattle, cutting off the end of the pier' and sinking the stern- wheel steamer Telegraph, moored alongside the pier. Herewith is pub- lished a photograph showing the dam- neers. Ihe second assistant engineer, who was handling the engines, stated that he understood the third assist- ant, who was handling the telegraph, to say "full speed ahead'. By simply looking at the dial, however, he could have seen that he was working his engines directly opposite to the sig- nal transmitted. The third assistant was also held negligent in not notic- Witt Look WHEN COMPLETED ' The Telegraph has since been suc- cessfully raised by means of lines swept under her hull and made fast to scows. The steamer Hamiltonian, bDuiiding toe Norcross & Ca, Toronto, was launched from the yard of the West- ern: Dry Dock .© Ship. Buildine Co., Port Arthur, Ont...on May 25, Nor- THE ConmMaAn Dock AFTER THE ALAMEDA STRUCK IT ing that the engines were working contrary to the signal given from the bridge and answered correctly by him. Capt, JohacwA. O'Brien, when he realized that the signal had not been observed, immediately star- cross & Co. are having a_ similar steamer built at the yard of the Clyde Ship Building & Engineering Co., Port Glasgow, Scotland, to be equipped, however, with Diesel en- gines.