An item reported that rear admiral Harold G. Bowen announced that the new high pressure boilers and turbines made it possible to decrease the weight of the battleships with 400 ton with a result an increase of the speed with 1,5 knots or one extra 40,6cm gun or to improve the protection.(1)
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1. Harold Gardiner Bowen Sr. (6 November 1883 Providence, Rhode Island, USA-1 August 1965 Providence, Rhode Islands, USA), chief Bureau of Engineering 1935-1939 and head of the Office of Naval Research 1946-1947 and dismissed in the rank of vice admiral.
