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Show UNCLE SAM BUYS LARGEST AIRSHIP FROM ITALIANS WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. Purchase of the Italian 'blimp" airship Roma, believed be-lieved to be the largest semirigid semi-rigid fircraft in the world, for approximately $200,CC0, was announced today by the war department. de-partment. It probably would cost $1,250,000 to duplicate the ?hip, the statement said. Tho Roma is of 1,200,000 cubic feef capacity, 410 feat Ion?, 82 feet wide and 88' . feet hisrh and equipped with six 12-cylmder fcrnjines of 400 horsepower each. It has an estimated speed of 80 miles an hour and a cruirins radiufl at full speed, of 3300 miles and at cruising speed of 8000 miles |