Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-06-18 | Page 8 | Local News

T I 4 I c S riu x J t I i 4 i d 4 tL 1 t r t y ii J 5 c ci cc 4 e l S d- d I F I New ew York Tune June 16 The 16 The super- super dreadnought Arizona which is now nearing completion at the New York na navy yard is designed to become the most tori tOrt lulu weapon of defense afloat It has hns taken fifteen en and a half halt months to complete her hull Her kc keel ol was laid March larch 16 16 1914 1014 and she willbe will wOI willbo bo he launched June 19 1015 1915 Her cost I Is In the tho neighborhood of and In iii construction gun un power and strength she will take h her r 1 place as the leader of or the time navies of ot the world Her lIer twelve Inch 14 guns uns will sIll be mounted three in each of or four COUI tu tur She She- will be he able ablo to hurl shells from tram six of or her guns over o ho ime stern tern ternand land and at the tho he same time train tb the six guns in the two forward turrets over r her bow how One Ouie broadside from tho the Arizona will cost Tho shells sheila for tor the big guns gumms will weigh 14 1450 O 0 pounds each Her secondary battery will vill consist of or two twenty Inch 5 guns uns anti ami she ahe will have four submerged Hub Hub- merged torpedo tubes Six hundred and cl eight ht feet teet lon long with a beam of or 97 feet i Inch all and draught of ot 28 8 feet teet 6 G inches the Arizona will displace din dis place n tons MI Miss Esther Ross Ros of or Prescott Arizona has beon bemi selected by Governor Gover Cover nor Hunt to be he the tho sponsor of or the thc yes ves sel sd Although only n 17 years ears old old Miss Ross noss is r regarded as one of ot the most beautiful gh girls ls Of ot Arizona