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...speed trials of the new light cruiser Richmond, one of the ten vessels of that class which are being built for the Navy, a new record for greater-than-destroyer vessels was established. On a measured course off Rockland, Me., the new cruiser made 34.48 knots?or 39.2 miles an hour. Except for destroyers, no ship of the United States Navy has ever developed such great speed. Like the others of her class (Omaha, Trenton, Milwaukee, etc.) the Richmond is 550 feet in length and 55 feet abeam, and carries 12 -six-inch rapid-fire guns. Until now our Navy...
...drawn up according to the resolutions, but who will be able to control whether the powers will adhere to it? All these elements demand the greatest prudence from the Netherlands." (At the present moment Holland's navy consists of a few obsolete coast defence ships and light cruisers, the largest of which is the cruiser Sumatra with a displacement of 7,050 tons, built...
...light cruiser Richmond...
...first squadron of the Chinese navy-one cruiser and four gunboats -declared its independence of the Peking Government and called upon the entire navy to join in revolt. A report that the mutineers allied themselves to the anti-Peking forces headed by Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, lends credence to the belief that Dr. Sun, while, as he himself stated, not intending to set up a South Government in opposition to Peking, is in reality aiming at the premiership of the central Government. - The Peking Administration offered Dr. Sun the position of Director General of Disbandment of Troops. The offer...