The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . ns. The guns are protected by 6I/2inches of armor on the front of theturrets, 6 inches on the rear and 2inches on the top. The armor for the8 barbettes is 6 thick in front and4 thick in the rear. The 7 guns are located on the gundeck, mounted on pedestal mounts be-hind 7 armor and each gun is iso-lated by splinter bulkheads of nickelsteel from ly^ to 2 thick. A sim-ilar bulkhead extends forward andaft on the center line of the ship sothat each gun is practically in an ar-mored compartment by its
The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . ns. The guns are protected by 6I/2inches of armor on the front of theturrets, 6 inches on the rear and 2inches on the top. The armor for the8 barbettes is 6 thick in front and4 thick in the rear. The 7 guns are located on the gundeck, mounted on pedestal mounts be-hind 7 armor and each gun is iso-lated by splinter bulkheads of nickelsteel from ly^ to 2 thick. A sim-ilar bulkhead extends forward andaft on the center line of the ship sothat each gun is practically in an ar-mored compartment by itself. Theseguns, six of which are on each sideof the ship, fire a projectile weighing 310 The BattlesJiip New Hampshire * 165 pounds, which has an energy at5,000 yards of 2,981 foot-tons. Thenormal supply of ammunition is 100rounds per gun and full supply onethird more. Twelve ammunitionhoists are used to supply the gunsand four horizontal ammunition con-veyers operated by electric motors arefitted in the ammunition passages forthe transfer of ammunition from thehandling rooms to the base of the. Miss Hazel McLaneSponsor of the Ne^v Hampshire hoists. All the 7 guns can be trainedinside the shell of the ship so as topermit the vessel to go alongside adock. In addition to the main battery theship carries a secondary battery oftwenty 3-14-pounder raj)id fire guns,twelve 3-pounder, semi-automaticguns, two 1-pounder automatic gunsand two 3 field pieces. The 3 gunsare mounted principally on the mainand gun decks in commanding posi-tions and are protected by nickel steelarmor 2 thick. Below the water lineare four 21 torpedo tubes. Next of importance to the gunscomes the armor. Outside observers sometimes have the impression thatthe entire outside of a battleshipabove the waterline is covered withheavy armor. Such is far from beingthe case, however, as will be seen byreference to the line cut, which showsthe distribution of armor on the NewHampshire. The shaded portions ofthe cut indica
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