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Show BUILDERS DELIVER BATTLESHIP UTAH WASHINGTON. Aug. J. The battleship battle-ship VUh will be formally turned over to the government today at the league Island navy yard. The ftah la the aister ship of the Florida, tha two moat afloat I v men of wer ia the entire i ntted we fee navy. They will soon be given their final testa and aaalgned to fleet work with tha remainder of the big ehlpe of the Atlantic squadrons. The I tan waa nnlehed by bar builder In record time, only auteea months being be-ing required to make her ready for ac-Ive ac-Ive service after her keel waa laid. It la eipected that she will develop a speed of twenty-two knots an hour. She Is the first of the larga oattieahlpa to use the turbine enginea. - When manned the ftah will carry looei officers and men. She la equipped with 1 oil burners. |