STEAM FOR BATTLESHIPS
America's Prefercnce Over Electric Drive LESS SPACE AND WEIGHT WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. The Navy Department hae announced that two new battleships con templated will be powered by steam turbines with mechanical reduction gears instead of an electric drive. The decision to return to eteam was reached after exhaustive studies of t speed, tonnage and other factors. The elimination of motors and generator;* means space and weight saving of from 20 to 25 per cent. and will be utilised to provide more speed, bigger guns, heavier armopr, better compartmentation and additional facilities for aeroplanes, radio and other equipment. Rear-Admiral Cook, chief of the Bureau of AeronautiCs, stated that in 1942 the Navy would reach full Treaty strength, possessing 1910 'planes of which 1705 would be available by the end of 1937.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 20, 8 February 1937, Page 9
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