Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-04-01 | Page 2 | Battle Fleet to Leave for Home Saturday

BA BATTLE TILE FLEET TO LEAVE FOR FORn n HOME SATURDAY of Drill and anti Play lJ m Them for Gobs Gives Leave in in N. N Y 1 r I It 1 i. i r Washington ton March March uch Upon Uon 31 Upon completion com corm of or Its annual winter maneuvers 4 nt at Guantanamo bay bar Cuba Cuha tho Atlantic tl fleet fleet et of ut destroyers and will sail next Saturday forKen for New Ken York and will remain In tho the North river Ivel from April 15 to 30 so as to give the he crews shore lea leave leaC C Leaving ln Ne New c v York May a 1 1 t the tle e fleet will proceed to Hampton toads for forI I and other exercises exercise which will hold It there and at Yorktown Yorktown- until late lato In June Junr when Jt It will disperse to reach leach designated ports by June 2 27 The battleship force will go to toW New W York Sand lId remain In the tho North river over o Jul July 4 9 It then will Join the entire fleet fleet which n will assemble n o at Newport It n. n 1 n Au announcement today h by the n navy department de said the vessels of ot t tho fleet would be considered available for docking after April 10 but that none laid for or of tho the battleships would be bo up extensive o work until their the the navy y maids yards ards with ir work c made were Vera read ready to proceed the necessary b by a 3 re revision of tho reports of the fire tire control nn and turret boards which will bo ho mado made In April Battle BaUlo Inspection will be hold old while old the fleet Is ie proc proceeding from New cw York lork to Hampton Roads and fleet of t tactical exercises will be hold held fill from May 11 ll to occupy the 17 1 Gunn Gunnery rv exercises will it occupy week neck following t and tho ships then thena i will return to Hampton Roads for a I week so sr the crews can have havo recreation Fleet Fleet tactical gunnery an and cm engineering I peri per per- i will rill occupy oCCUlt 1 site he battleship attle t force from June Juno 1 to 21 1 and it will then nen I f KO JO to sea for tor maneuvers before assembling as- as at New York Gunnery Gunner exorcises exercises of e vessels that BO go gol 0 l I. 1 to o navy yards will bo boo hel held while theother tho the other ships are aro in Hampton Roads C for i ir r recreation for tor tho the men or at such other times limes