Evening star. [volume], July 30, 1925, Page 32, Image 32

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HUNDREDS OF KITS
SCOREDONTARGET
Anti-Aircraft Tests With Dir
igible Shenandoah Proved
Effective.
Tests of the effectiveness of anti-air
craft guns of the battleship Texas
against a target towed by the air
cruiser Shenandoah were marked with
considerable success, according to a |
report of the tiring made public yes
terday at the Navy Department. Hun
dreds of hits were made, and it was
indicated that the Shenandoah might
be available for similar tests with
Army gunners at Fort Tilden, Long
Island, about August 12.
The report was made public by Rear
Admiral C. F. Hughes, director of
fleet training, who witnessed the tests.
He declared the experiments were im
portant because the sleeve target tow
ed by the airship was much larger
than ever used before, being visible
to the gun pointers and yet much
smaller than any aircraft.
Speed 33 Miles an Hour.
“The tiring was on the Southern
drill grounds, approximately 40 miles
east of Cape Henry,” Admiral Hughes
said. "The target was sausage shaped.
10 feet in diameter at the hoop. It
was 45 feet long. The firing was from
three-inch guns on the Texas, not
more than six of which fired at any
time. The ammunition was shrapnel,
speed of T'-p. target as 38 miles
altitudes meas
ures . ’ ~ i n 4,200 and 4,300 feet.
Six hundred and thirty-five rounds
were fired. The practices were based
on the fact that to drop bombs on a
ship a plane must be coming directly
at that ship.
“In the first two runs the target
approached from the beam, starboard
and port, and six guns fired, the range
changing from approximately 4,000
yards to 2,000. An examination of this
target after it had been dropped
showed 30 holes, one of which was a
direct hit by the shell before it ex
ploded. t
“On Friday. July 24. three runs were 1
made, four guns firing on each run. !
An examination of the target used in \
the last three runs showed it had 703 j
holes, 11 of which were made by the j
unexploded shell in direct flight, the I
remainder being made by fragments of j
the exploded shrapnel. Owing to the j
shape of the target, two holes is equal I
to one hit.
1
Smaller Than Aircraft.
“The sleeve towed was much larger
than has ever been towed before; it •
was the first time that an anti-air
craft target has been used that was
easily visible to the control party and I
gun pointers and yet is of much i
smaller area than any aircraft.
“It is hoped that the Shenandoah |
may be made available to tow a tar- i
get for the Army in connection with j
their extensive anti-aircraft firing at j
Fort Tilden, Long Island.”
Weather permitting, the Shenan- I
doah will go from Lakehurst tomor- I
row to Lvnnhaven Roads, Va„ for its j
tlnal maneuvers with the battleship ;
Texas, which is to be laid up at Nor- j
folk August 1 for extensive repairs !
and overhauling. The maneuvers be- j
tween the two craft have been carried j
on for several weeks,- and it is ex- !
pected that during August the Shen- i
andoah will be occupied with other j
tests, possibly with other units of the >
fleet in the Atlantic.
The Shenandoah does not expect to
use the mooring mast of the aircraft
tender Patoka on the trip beginning
tomorrow and may be out for two
days working out n direction finding
and communication problem with the I
Texas.
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RAIL EMPLOYE KILLED.
15 Other Persons Are Hurt When
Passenger Train Hits Freight.
CLARE. Mich.. July 30 (A I ).— One
man was killed and about 15 other
persons were injured when a north
bound passenger train on the Ann
Arbor Railroad crashed into a stand
ing freight train near the station at
Lake George, 18 miles northwest of
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STAR ASKS CITIZENSHIP.
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LOS ANGELES, July 30 (*>).—Con
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