Cost of ships of the Navy. Statement showing cost of each completed battleship, armored cruiser, protected, unprotected, and scout cruiser, monitor, gunboat, and training ship, and the aggregate cost of all torpedo-boat destroyers, torpedo boats, and submarine torpedo boats, built under appropriations for increase of the Navy, to June 30, 1912.] Hull and machinery, including armor. Equipage, in- Total. Battleships. Kentucky (3). Alabama (1)... Wisconsin (8). Kansas (2). New Hampshire (2). Michigan (2).. Florida (9).. South Carolina (1).. Utah (2)... $5,533, 708.05 171,597,055.04 3,944, 820. 73 3,897, 840. 32 4,831,941.38 4,857,086.24 4,874, 874.16 4,885, 216.51 5,203, 701.39 5, 190, 782.64 4,779,380.27 4,713, 274.11 4,735, 160.58 4,781,089. 22 56, 695, 167.55 1,439,382. 20 1,554, 483.94 1,561, 392.47 1,738, 257.82 2,484, 027.54 2,023, 326.91 1,867,934.32 3,461, 960. 26 3,403, 707.07 BUILDERS. (1) Wm. Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa. (2) New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N. J. (3) Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Va. (4) Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me. (5) Moran Bros., Seattle, Wash. (6) Fore River Ship & Engine Co., Quincy, Mass. (7) Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, Mass. (8) Union Iron Works, San Francisco, Cal. (9) Navy yard, New York. (10) Navy yard, Norfolk. Expenditures on vessels under construction to June 30, 1912. Total cost of all vessels of the new Navy built and building under appropriations for "Increase of the Navy," to June 30, 1912, $449,184,321.75. Cost of maintenance. [Statement showing the average cost of maintenance of vessels of each type which have been in commission during entire fiscal year 1912.] Amounts of annual naval appropriation acts each year from act of Mar. 3, 1883, to and including act of Aug. 22, 1912. Includes $1,000,000 by joint resolution Sept. 29, 1890, for nickel ore or nickel matte. 57-2 81,876, 791. 43 1904 58-2 97, 505, 140.94 1905 58-3 100, 336, 679.94 1906 59-1 102,091, 670. 27 1907 59-2 98,958, 507.50 1908 60-1 122,663, 885.47 1909 60-2 136, 935, 199. 05 1910 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Washington, January 20, 1913. MY DEAR CONGRESSMAN: In compliance with the request contained in your letter of January 17, 1913, there is forwarded herewith the usual compilation made by the Office of Naval Intelligence, containing data regarding the building programs of foreign navies. Faithfully, yours, Hon. LEMUEL P. PADGETT, G. v. L. MEYER. Chairman of Committee on Naval Affairs, FOREIGN SHIPBUILDING PROGRAM. OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, The shipbuilding programs of the principal naval powers indicate an increase in warship construction. The new Russian program and the amendment to the German fleet law are particularly noteworthy. The shipyards are working to their full capacity, and a general activity is manifest. The all big-gun battleship has become the definite standard, and is now the only type of battleship under construction. The system employed by the United States in mounting all turrets on the center line has been almost universally copied, and all ships laid down this year, including battle cruisers, are so designed. The 12-inch gun, so long the standard for battleships, has been discarded in favor of a 13.5 or 14-inch gun for ships now under construction, while a 15-inch weapon is under consideration. The year has seen the completion of a new type of Dreadnought, namely, the Dante Alighieri of the Italian Navy, the first ship to be armed with the 3-gun turret. This system of mounting guns has also been adopted in the Austrian and Russian navies, while in France a 4-gun turret has been proposed. The battle cruisers that are being built by Great Britain, Germany, Japan, and Russia show a steady increase in tonnage; in fact, all new construction, including destroyers and submarines, indicate an increase in displacement. Mining ships and submarine salvage ships are now found in all the principal navies. Italy and Austria are the only naval powers that continue to build torpedo boats. The following are the shipbuilding programs of the various naval powers: GREAT BRITAIN. The total naval estimates for 1912-13 amount to $228,430,064 as compared with $216,036,101 for the preceding year, while for 1910-11 the amount was $197,597,906. The total estimate includes a supplementary estimate of $4,817,835, and an increase of the enlisted personnel by 1,500 men. The actual standard of new construction which the admiralty has in fact followed during recent years has been to develop a 60 per cent |