The following list of dimensions may also be of interest: The bridge is 87 feet above the water-line. The boat deck is 101 feet above the keel. From the top of the smokestacks to the water-line is 146 feet. Fore and aft diameter of funnels is 29 feet. Athwartships diameter of funnels is 18 feet.
A crew of 1,200 was carried by the Germans and a crew of 2,240 was carried when operated by the United States Navy. This included gun’s crews, additional men for coaling at Brest, and a training complement. The ship is driven by four propellers. The shafts to which these propellers are attached are twenty-one inches in diameter. The propellers have four blades and are without a doubt the largest in existence, being fourteen feet from tip to tip. The shafts are driven by eight Parsons turbines, four in a cruising combination and four in a manœuvering combination.
The ship is equipped with five passenger and six freight elevators, each capable of lifting more than a ton.
The rudder and steering gear are the largest known and the rudder and steering engine are the largest and most powerful installed on any vessel afloat.
Concerning the ground tackle, the data is:
| Stem anchor | 24,000 | lbs.; | chain | 150 | fathoms |
| Starboard, lower | 22,000 | ” | ” | 150 | fathoms |
| Port, lower | 22,000 | ” | ” | 165 | fathoms |
| Spare | 22,000 | ” | |||
| Stock or stream anchor | 7,000 | ” |
The ship is equipped with a 36,000 candle power searchlight and when lighted at night may be seen for a distance of forty miles.
A German Account of the Seizure
The following is a translation of a clipping from a German newspaper, the Tageblatt of Wurtemberg, taken from a dead German soldier, by a first-class private of Headquarters Troop, 27th Division, A. E. F.: