L-sas-H The Omaha Sunday Bee
The Fastest Navy Ship Afloat
p The US’. Scout Cruiser Omaha
Rroadside view of the Omaha
Noie (lie guns forward. One of
these six-inch guns ran throw l
100-pound steel shot half wag
across the county. The radio gear
makes the top of the vessel look
like a clothes line.
^ 5®^/^ Scout Cruiser Omaha ^HHB
w"s h,,i** '" T*‘‘uma by (lie
Ar Todd I>r> dock and Construction 'V' J^Kwm
Sykr1'^ Cor|K>ration at a cost of *8.000.000. '\^H|
'i:',,:^Sf // It is the fastest navy tessel afloat, sur
sSm// passing exen the-nCghlv II.sol of the Itri ish
^7II tui y. The cruiser is pmered with turbine- VL V
®* W developing lOa.OOo horse power. This horseiMixyet U ■
tl‘ ml turns four propellers and gixes the ship a speed of t.i \\ ■
II knots an hour. This horse power turned loose in an elee*rir 1
/ lighting plant would run the lights of a city of ?00 000 I
I Inhabitants. Fifty tons of fuel o*| is used ail hour and ?..*>00 1
I gallons of water Is exatiorafed in the hollers rx'rry 10 |J
e* I minutes. The armament of the vessel consist* of I? six inch I
W I rapid fire guns, four three-inch anti-aircraft guns, two three J
l pottmlers and two machine guns. It also carries two airplane I M
\\ catapults. Hie latest thing in launching alrsliiiis from war I ^
^ressels, and has two planes on board as regular ei|tii|mienl/n^
\\ and parts for four additional machines. In normal •/_
V. flgliting trim the Omaha carries ?00 mines and a If
V. mine laying traeh. There is enough twin and //
W. friple torpedo tithes to fire 10 toroedoes at
• a single loading The Omaha will carry Jy
when fully manned 119 men jy
and officer*
\ lew from the forward
ma*l of |lie Omaha. The
photographer thought he
^ i* a* at leaM !.IM feet in
tiie air when he snapped
thU pit lure.
Here we hare tlie stalwart yoiiur men in eliarre of the scout cruiser. I .eft to rlrht: A. >1. fiainrr
iiiacliiiiist; A. V Aadrrsow, boatswain: \V. MainrHd. ordnance runner: l.t. K. ti. Keyes, It. ('.an!
„ „ ''1 *'f ' K. Kubanka, electrical runner: (a|.t. David (’. Hanralian: l.t. ('.an
n,h e r > '•» " <* Knsirn W.vne \ McDowell. J Mch.d. torpedo runner.
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('apt. Itavilt ('. Ilanralian. nmimuHl I
Ins nldrer <•( t!»** Omaha. One of the *
jolliest sailors in the na\.v, Ihr> sav,
»*h1. oh, Vr». eirls. In-'s a barhrlor
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On IIh- fora aril dark of liar ^
Omaha. A *iiati|>lr of xoaaar of
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