BATTLESHIPS AND SUBMARINES
AMERICAN ADMIRAL'S VIEWS. Washington, September 14. Rear-Admiral C. F. Goodrich,, in an article in the "North American Review," disoussing the futuro 'of' battleships and submarines, argues that as modern armour is impenetrable beyond seven miles' range, the armour should be thinner, and the weight thus saved put into mero battery power. He eulogises the secondary batteries, which are apt to be very effective in a ninnine fight. • •
He praises tlia British Admiralty for its measures in dealing with the* submarines, and says: "I am not at liberty to state the number of German Bubmarines ivliioli have already been captured or destroyed. One must admiretheir officers' and seamen's, courage. The submarines have come to stay. They have been extensively used for scout work, and have introduced new problems into tactics which must gravely influence tho handling of battleships, "but they have two disadvantages—their invisibility js incomplete, inasmuch as they must lift the periscope above the water in order to recognise their target, and their extreme vulnerability."
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2567, 15 September 1915, Page 5
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168BATTLESHIPS AND SUBMARINES Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2567, 15 September 1915, Page 5
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