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196 ARGENTINE BATTLESHIP MORENO LEAVING Photo by New York Ship Building Co. center-line at the stern. The guns in the forward upper turret are 39 feet 5 inches above the water line, those in-the after most turret 23 feet 8 inches, and all the others 31 feet 6 inches: The secondary battery consists of twelve 6-inch guns, mounted in the citadel on the upper deck. Twelve 4-inch guns, for defense against torpedo attack, are distributed four forward, four’*amidships, and four aft on the upper and decks. Two submerged 21-inch torpedo tubes, disposed one on each side, port and starboard, are located in the forward part of the ship. The magazines are fitted with me- chanical refrigeration. The forward mast is of the United States navy type of pyramid mast; and the after mast is of the ordinary pole type. The masts are equipped with searchlight platforms, and support the aerials for wireless communication. Three Curtis turbines, aggregating 40,000 horsepower, driving three pro- pellers, developed a speed of 22.69 knots per hour on the trial, which took place in November, 1914. A speed of over 22.5 knots was maintained for eight hours. The engines are located amidships, each in a separate compartment. There are eighteen Babcock & Wilcox boilers in six watertight compartments, located three forward and three aft of the engine, room. The total heating surface, including superheaters, is 90,000 square feet. There are two battle dynamo rooms, superstructure THE MARINE REVIEW having turbo-generators, and one small- er electric plant for harbor use, in which the generators are driven by Diesel motors. The fuel carrying capacity is 4,000 tons of coal and 900 tons of fuel oil, giving a radius of action of 10,500 miles at a speed of 11 knots per hour, 7,200 miles at 15 knots and 3,600 miles at 22.5 knots. The accommodations for officers and crew are adequate and comfortable, and the lighting, ventilation and sanitary systems are of the latest approved type. In all respects these battleships repre- sent the latest development of battle- ship construction. The crew will con- sist. of about 1,000 officers and men. The outfits and equipments of every description are the most complete and elaborate ever supplied to a battleship in this country. Our Naval Position As oa resntt’ ot the loge “GF the French armored cruiser Ledn Gam- letta, it has been pointed out by a naval officer, the United States navy has undoubtedly regained its place lost to France last year of being the world’s third largest naval power. At the outbreak of war France led the United States in naval tonnage by about 5,000 tons, but the loss of the Gambetta, added to that of the battle- ship Bouvet, probably gives the United States a lead of about 20,000 tons, and restores this country to the posi- tion she held early in 1914. The latest official data giving the known strength of the world’s navies FOR HAMPTON ROADS appears in the United . States Year Book, issued in January last. The following tables, which give the strength of the American and French navies at the outbreak of the Euro- pean war, are taken from that official record: FRANCE. Type. Number. Dreadnoughts: (built)? 2.0850 es ie 4 Dreadnoughts (building) ............. 8 Pre-dreaddoughts.. .iicnc 6 Ce on aaees 18 @oast;“‘delense vesselgiw. os. 1 rMoreds) CRUISEIS Fie tosis headin ces 20 Other craigervatypese tec ce tis ee aes 9 Destroyers: built) ato ae oc ec evenrns 84 Destroyers (building ers ounce es es 3 Submarines: “Chulltje socks es ee 64 Stlpmarines. (building): oso. vi ee, 22 Total tonnage, 899,915. UNITED STATES. Dreadnoughts: (built): js. sows ate nue 4 Dreadnoughts (building) ............. 4 Pre-dreadnoughte) + csc nee | eee va 22 Coast defense vessels.............000- 4 AEMORE. | CHUISErS) 2 idk ce ce es 11 Other eruiserstypes ces ce 14 Destroyers (built)s we ee ee 51 Destroyers (building): 21 oon aes 11 Submarines <(built)¢.. ooo ee 30 Submarines (building) ............... 19 Total tonnage, 894,899, Since the war started France has lost of the ships, included in the navy department compilation, one bat- tleship, one armored cruiser, two de- stroyers, three torpedo boats, one gun- boat, and two submarines. Here is a list of her losses with the tonnage of each lost ship: Bouvet, (battleship) <4 9) ee a 12,205 Leon Gambetta (armored cruiser)..... 12,416 Acclee Counhoaty ican sick ee 680 Dasue: (destroyer) ee 720 Mousquet (destroyer) (.. 4) os tae 298 0. .347.(torpedo boat)... 5). 2 ees 98 No. 348 (torpedo boat)......0........ 97 No; 219). (torpedo? boat}s<.... oc. ee 100 Curie (submarine) shit) Mier hee 398 Saphir. (submarine) i ae 390 eRe ee a aia. Se ee 27,412 This tonnage subtracted from the