Show FAMOUS SHIPS ARE DISCARDED Three Heroic r Vessels of Spanish War far Fame are Scrapped Philadelphia May JaThree Ja 2 Three battleshIps battle battle- shIps which upheld traditions of ot the American nav navy for tor more than a score of or years ears and played a prominent part partIn I In two wars have out of or corn com com I m mission lEsion I as ion Once the pride of Uncle Sams Sam's sea I fighters ig the time battleships Indiana Massachusetts Mas Mas- an and Iowa have at last outlived outlived out out- I lived Jived their usefulness For the last time the thc colors wore were hoisted to tho the breezes from Crom the c ships and anti then I lowered never again as-aln to lo bo ho raised rallied I Hereafter the battleships will m be only a memory to perhaps thousands s o of sailors who lived Jived and fought on their decks The discarded ed battleships aro are at tho the Phila Philadelphia na navy yard Tho They Thoy arrived a short time ago when It was certain that hostilities had ceased and tho time once great reat German military machine and the thc ruthless undersea war fighters were crushed FOUR lit n nt at Sun Santiago La o Never er e will the three battleships be he for forgotten olten The They will alwa always 8 bo ho re remembered remembered re- re I when the time battle battlo of or Santiago I Is mentioned For tho Hie Indiana Massachusetts Mas Mas- an and time the Iowa were er tho the powerful powerful powerful pow pow- erful sea fighters which helped van van- vanquish I Admiral Cervera's eras fleet on the memorable July 2 and md 3 They were ere In tIme the fleet commanded by Admiral Ad Ad- miral Sampson Each ship has since sinco carried the I names of or Spanish ships sunk sunt during I that battle The TIme Indiana an and the Massachusetts are sister ships to time the battleship Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon on which made the time famous mile trip from rein San Francisco to I Ie Key ICey e West cst at tho the out outbreak real of or the Iho Spanish Amer ican lean war The battleships served in III blockade dut duty in Cuban wat waters rs when war was declared in 1898 Oregon to Coast Cont After ACter the tho war with Spain the bhe battleships battle baUle- ships We wore were re attached to the tIme Atlantic tJ fleet ct and were considered tho crack ships of oC tho the American lIa navy The Time Oregon Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon went back hack to lo tho the west vest coast where It was built From 1908 08 to 1913 the three throe led car I sea fighters were use used for training crul cruises cs Then the they wont went out of oC commission commission com corn mission and were placed in In the tho Philadelphia Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia elphia na navy yard ard At the outbreak of the present war var when this country countr needed neede every available sea craft cratt the time ships were again aguin placed In service and andI andus us used d b by naval reserve crews for coast I defense patrol dut duty The They went to sea eca in the fall of 1917 1017 and served a ngai nga ni with tho time Atlantic fleet Hundreds of oC young O ln naval men were trained on these three battleships an and experienced the they when the they were more were weft transferred to lo vessels In fn more marc active service lct Now ow that the W war lr with Germany Is IR at an anen en there Is 15 no further fur lur- thor ther use for tor the once famous sea fight fight- s ore ers san an and the tIO battleships will be o placed In tho the discard I The Indiana a was launched in j I ary 1893 1803 the Massachusetts In June 1893 19 and tho the Iowa lowi III in March 1 1896 1816 All were built hullt at Cramps Cramps' shipyard ard The Indiana and time Iho Massachusetts are of or I 1000 tons ton register and th the IOWA of at I ton ions |