APPENDIX X. BIDS RECEIVED ON NEW VESSELS. BATTLESHIPS, NOS. 36 AND 37. The plans and specifications for first-class battleships No. 36, Nevada, and No. 37, Oklahoma, authorized by act of Congress approved March 4, 1911, were completed and circular signed by the Secretary of the Navy, October 18, 1911, and issued to the bidders upon request after November 1, 1911. The general dimensions and features of each vessel are as follows: Length on designer's water line..... Breadth, extreme, at designer's water line.. Mean trial displacement... Mean draft to bottom of keel at trial displacement (about). Total fuel-oil storage.. Fuel oil carried on trial. Feed water carried on trial.. Speed on trial, not less than. 575 feet. .95 feet 2 inches. 27,500 tons. .28 feet 6 inches. .2,000 tons. .1,333 tons. 165 tons. .20 knots. Armament.-Main battery: Ten 14-inch 45-caliber breech-loading rifles; four submerged torpedo tubes. Secondary battery: Twenty-one 5-inch rapid-fire guns, 51-caliber; four 3-pounder saluting guns; two 1-pounder semiautomatic guns for boats; two 3-inch field pieces; two machine guns, .30-caliber. Bids for the construction of battleships No. 36, Nevada, and No. 37, Oklahoma, were opened at the department January 4, 1912. Proposals received for the construction of battleships No. 36, "Nevada," and No. 37, "Oklahoma." [Class 1: Hull and equipment and reciprocating machinery, department's plans. Class 2: Hull and equipment, department's plans; machinery, bidder's design.] (1) Nickel steel instead of S. T. S. for decks, flats, and bulkheads below splinter deck and bulkheads between splinter and protected decks. Entire splinter deck between frames 20 and 122, lower course, 50 pounds plating on middle protected deck between frames 20 and 122. (2) Nickel steel substituted for 60 per cent of S. T. S. called for by department's design. Contract for battleship No. 36, Nevada, was signed with the Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, Mass., on Jan. 22, 1912, at a price of $5,895,000; to have the bidder's design of Curtis turbines installed, and to be completed within 36 months. Contract for battleship No. 37, Oklahoma, was signed with the New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N. J., on Jan. 22, 1912, at a price of $5,926,000; to have reciprocating engines installed, and to be completed within 36 months. TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYERS "NO. 43" TO "NO. 50." The plans and specifications for torpedo-boat destroyers No. 43 to No. 50, authorized by act of Congress approved March 4, 1911, were completed and the circular signed by the Acting Secretary of the Navy May 27, 1911, and issued to bidders upon request thereafter. The general dimensions and features of each vessel are as follows: Length on designer's water line.... Breadth at designer's water line... Mean trial displacement.. Mean draft to bottom of keel at mean trial displacement (about). Total fuel-oil capacity.... Fuel oil carried on speed trial. Feed water carried on trial.. Speed on trial, not less than..... .300 feet. .30 feet 5 inches. ..1,010 tons. ..9 feet 3 inches. .307 tons. .205 tons. .12.33 tons. .29 knots. Battery: Five 4-inch guns; three 5.2-meter by 45-centimeter twin torpedo tubes (deck); two .30-caliber automatic guns. Bids for the construction of torpedo-boat destroyers No. 43 to No. 50 were opened at the department August 7, 1911. Proposals received for the construction of torpedo-boat destroyers Nos. 43 to 50. [Class 1: Hull and machinery, department's plans. Class 2: Department's design, with cruising turbines and reduction gearing. Class 3: Hull and equipments, department's plans; turbine machinery, bidder's design.] • Under method of payment up to value of work done; Delaware Breakwater trial course. Department's design. (Parson's turbines with reciprocating engine; Normand boilers. (Parson's turbines and reduction gearing; Thornycroft express boilers. Parson's turbines; Thornycroft express boilers. (Curtis turbines with recip29 rocating engines; Thornycroft boilers. Curtis turbines; Yarrow boilers. Curtis turbines with recip rocating engines; Yarrow boilers. 29 Department's design. (Turbines with Westinghouse reduction gearing; Express boilers. Proposals received for the construction of torpedo-boat destroyers Nos. 43 to 50-Continued. Under method of payment up to value of work done; Delaware Breakwater trial course. Contracts for torpedo-boat destroyers Nos. 43 and 44 were signed with the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me., on September 6, 1911, at a price of $761,500 each; to have the department's design of engines installed and to be completed within 24 months. Contract for torpedo-boat destroyer No. 45 was signed with the New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N. J., on September 8, 1911, at a price of $777,500; to have the bidder's design of Curtis turbines with reciprocating engines installed and to be completed within 24 months. Contract for torpedo-boat destroyer No. 46 was signed with the Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, Mass., on September 6, 1911, at a price of $779,450; to have bidder's design of Curtis turbines with reciprocating engines installed and to be completed within 24 months. Contracts for torpedo-boat destroyers Nos. 47 to 50 were signed with the Wm. Cramp & Sons' Ship & Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, Pa., on September 7, 1911, at a price of $756,100 each; to have the bidder's design of Cramp turbines with reciprocating engines installed and to be completed within 22, 23, 231, and 24 months, respectively. SUBMARINE TORPEDO BOATS 32 TO 35. Circular defining the chief characteristics of submarine torpedo boats Nos. 32 to 35, authorized by act of Congress approved June 24, 1910, was signed by the Acting Secretary of the Navy November 29, 1910, and issued to bidders upon request thereafter. Bids for the construction of these submarines were opened at the department March 14, 1911, and were awarded as follows: Contracts for submarines Nos. 32 to 35 (K-1, K-2, K-3, K-4) were signed with the Electric Boat Co., New York, N. Y., on May 31, 1911, at prices of $469,000 each for Nos. 32 and 33, and $501,000 each for Nos. 34 and 35, to be completed in 25, 25, 26, and 27 months, respectively. SUBMARINE TORPEDO BOATS 36 TO 39. Circular defining the chief characteristics of submarine torpedo boats Nos. 36 to 39, authorized by act of Congress approved March 4, 1911, was signed by the Acting Secretary of the Navy June 21, 1911, and issued to bidders upon request thereafter. Bids for the construction of these vessels were opened at the department September 1, 1911. Contracts for submarines Nos. 36 to 39 (K-5, K-6, K-7, and K-8) were signed with the Electric Boat Co., New York, N. Y., October 27, 1911, at prices of $478,000 each for Nos. 36 and 37, and $512,000 each for Nos. 38 and 39; to be completed in 24, 25, 26, and 27 months, respectively. COLLIERS NOS. 9 AND 10 The general plans and specifications of fleet colliers Nos. 9 and 10, authorized by act of Congress approved June 24, 1910, were completed and circular signed by the Acting Secretary of the Navy on August 16, 1910, and issued to bidders upon request thereafter. The general characteristics of the vessels are as follows: Length between perpendiculars (not more than).. Breadth (not more than). Mean draft (not more than). Cargo and bunker coal.. Speed on trial.................... 530 feet. 65 feet. 27 feet 6 inches. Bids for the construction of fleet colliers Nos. 9 and 10 were opened at the department December 1, 1910. The tender of the Union Iron Works being the only formal bid received, and that in excess of the appropriation, a new circular was signed by the Acting Secretary of the Navy April 18, 1911, and bids were opened at the department June 20, 1911. 42999-12- -28 |