MODERNISING BATTLESHIPS.
s c Drastic changes will be made both in the. efficiency and the appearance of the six older United States battleships if the bill providing for their modernisation is i, passed by Congress- The greatest altera- ■, tions will be made in the Texas and New - York, completed in 1914. New firei control systems will entail the removal i of the present basket pattern foremasts, s and the erection of tripod masts to pro- - vide greater stability for the delicate , instruments- Conversion from coal to i oil fuel will include the provision of new c boilers. As in certain British ships after - Jutland, additional deck plating will b be fitted- The hulls under warte will be 3 blistered against submarine explosion. | :. Perhaps most interesting of all will be ! c the provision of aeroplanes. A power j c impulse aircrafe catapult will be installed ' t on No. 3 turret in each ship. This ', f arrangement and the consequent changes ' s are necissitated by the fact that there is 1 no room astern for the catapult, as in ; - more modern battleships.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 208, 2 September 1926, Page 14
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