An item referred to the magazine The Naval and Military Record reporting that in the so-called US House Naval Committee proposals were done by W.S. Sims (1) commanding officer of the USS battleship Nevada. He suggested a semi-submerged ship of which the deck was equal to the water surface, an armament of 8 torpedo tubes on both sides and fore and aft a armoured turret. The displacement would be 50.000 tons while the maximum speed had to be 40 miles.
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1. William Sowden Sims (15 October 1858 Port Hope, Ontario, Canada-25 September 1936 Boston, Massachusetts), 1in 1916 rear admiral finally promoted in the rank of full admiral. He wanted to improve the naval gunnery by using more and better target practice against the wishes/opinions of his superior. President Theodore Roosevelt however saw the importance of his ideas and promoted him to Navy’s Inspector of target Practice.
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1. William Sowden Sims (15 October 1858 Port Hope, Ontario, Canada-25 September 1936 Boston, Massachusetts), 1in 1916 rear admiral finally promoted in the rank of full admiral. He wanted to improve the naval gunnery by using more and better target practice against the wishes/opinions of his superior. President Theodore Roosevelt however saw the importance of his ideas and promoted him to Navy’s Inspector of target Practice.
