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Title: History of the manufacture of armor plate for the United States navy
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: American Iron and Steel Association, comp
Subjects: United States. Navy Armor-plate
Publisher: Philadelphia, American Iron and Steel Association
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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he Kearsarge andKentucky was all let at prices averaging a reduction of $59.54 per tonfrom previous contract rates, although the requirements were greater.A still further reduction of $9.98 per ton in the price of this armor isdue to the decreased cost of the nickel used. The armor for the Kearsarge and Kentucky thus con-tracted for amounted to about 5,600 tons. IKQUIRY INTO THE COST OF MAKING ARMOR. In the act making appropriations for the naval servicefor the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, and for otherpurposes, approved June 10, 1896, three sea-going coast-line battle-ships were authorized. These ships, since call-ed the Alabama, Illinois, and Wisconsin, are now building.In the same act it is provided further: That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby directed to examine intothe actual cost of armor plate and the price for the same which shouldbe equitably paid, and shall report the result of his investigation to CO r> m 00 nO s ^ r V- § ^ 2 r O • I §-^ ^ > wm m o 5^ 00
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ARMOR PLATE FOR THE NAVY. 5 Congress at its next session at a date not later than January first,eighteen htmdred and ninety-seven, and no contract for armor platefor the vessels authorized by this act shall be made until after suchreport is made to Congress for its action. In accordance with the above-mentioned provision theSecretary of the Navy wrote to the Bethlehem Iron Com-pany and the Carnegie Steel Company asking that suchdata be furnished as would assist him in arriving at afair conclusion. The companies, apprehending that anystatements made might be erroneously construed and dis-torted to their disadvantage, and reluctant to expose pri-vate affairs to business rivals, decided after due consid-eration not to take any steps that would seem to admitthe right of a customer to examine the cost of manufac-ture with the view of disputing prices. The Secretarythen proceeded to secure the information desired by theappointment of a committee of naval officers, referred toas the Rohrer B

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