THREE MILLION SHIP.
LATEST AND GREATEST,
UNITED STATES 32,000-TONNEE, TO COST
B7 TeleßTaph-Preea AEeociatlon-OopyrlEht Washington, February 28. Mr. Geo. von L. Meyer, Secretary of tho Navy, at a private sitting of the A aval Committee of the House of Bepresentatives, foreshadowed tho laying down of two 32,000-ton battleships in mi costing 18,000,000 dollars ' (£3,600,000) each. He stated that they would be mainly armed with 14-inch gnus. A member of the Committee stated that Washington had unofficial information that Japan was commencing two battleships with a tonnage approaching 32,000. [The new United States 14-inch gun waa described in yesterday's, issue. Its extreme range at maximum elevation will be over 25 miles, and it will penetrate tne heaviest armour now used at the greatest distance at which accurate aiming is possible.]
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 754, 1 March 1910, Page 7
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129THREE MILLION SHIP. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 754, 1 March 1910, Page 7
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