Show isea W CRUISER U S NAVY RECRUITING STATION S MAIN ALUN STREET SALT LAKE CITY UTAH the following news item received at the navy recruiting station salt lake city utah la Js respectfully submitted for your acceptance ju in 1922 the nations of the world met in washington for the so culled disarmament Cou conference ferenc it wal wah here decreed along with other limitations on naval armament that uie the maximum size for cruisers cruis cruL era sers would be tone the united states had under construction al ai that time several smaller cruisers these have ion ions since bee been completed tl and lav have b been operating with the fleet for some years now comes the SALZ LAKE CITY the first of the loters the last word in cruiser construction the forerunner of what should proe roie a trul truly great class clasa of ships the keel of the salty C v was aas laid 0 jaue u 19 1027 1997 97 launched on an 23 january air of this year she is gearins completion at the new york shipbuilding ding company a subsidiary of the american brown beverl electric corporation camden new jersey and the probable date of completion is 0 9 oc called 1111 a greyhound of the sens seas this term is accentuated by it a leng of am feet 8 indies and a beam of G OS I 1 feet meta 3 inches long and narrow with a towering foremast fore tore mast the truck of which Is in feet above the water line the SALT LAKE CITY will indeed be a spectacle to behold when steaming at her designed speed of gf 32 12 knots A draft of 19 feet 6 12 1 2 1 inched will enable her to enter port closed to heavier bep mep o war this la Is but part of therese the description rese of this new cruiser but all the space we could devote to it at this time I 1 |