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The Chickasha Daily Express
Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma
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New Russian battleships to carry four 12-inch and twelve 8-inch guns as principal armament. Growing naval trend to increase secondary battery weight with armor-piercing guns at battle ranges. Recent shifts: Britain and US adopt 7.5-inch and 7-inch guns; Italy uses 8-inch rapid-fire in Vittorio Emanuel. US ships Kearsarge and Kentucky have 5-inch, Iowa 4-inch secondaries.
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The latest announcement of the designs of the new Russian battleships is that they are to carry four twelve-inch and twelve eight-inch guns as their principal armament. In all navies there is a growing tendency to increase the weight of the secondary pieces and provide guns that are armor-piercers at ordinary battle ranges.
Until lately the six-inch gun was the popular secondary battery weapon. Then Great Britain brought out her seven-and-five-tenths-inch gun, and the United States her seven-inch gun, followed a little later by Italy, which, in the Vittorio Emanuel, boldly adopted a secondary battery made up exclusively of long-caliber, eight-inch, rapid-fire guns.
The secondary battery of the Kearsarge and Kentucky are five-inch and that of the Iowa four-inch.
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Latest announcement of new Russian battleships' designs: four twelve-inch and twelve eight-inch guns as principal armament. Growing tendency in all navies to increase secondary battery weight with armor-piercing guns at ordinary battle ranges. Until lately, six-inch gun popular for secondary battery. Great Britain introduced seven-and-five-tenths-inch gun, United States seven-inch gun. Italy in Vittorio Emanuel adopted secondary battery of long-caliber, eight-inch rapid-fire guns. Kearsarge and Kentucky have five-inch secondary batteries, Iowa four-inch.