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Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt discusses battleship design elements and naval gunnery options with Richard Henry Dana and makes comparisons to British ships.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-08
Commissioner Roosevelt was interested in the volumes sent by Captain Cowles, a life of Admiral James and Brassey’s Naval Annual. He disagrees with T. A. Brassey over classing American battleships as inferior to British ships. Due to their armor piercing ability, Roosevelt favors using 8-inch guns over 6-inch quick-fires. He would also like to see more protection for the small quick-fires.
1896-06-20