Show WARSHIPS UNDER WAY fifty five vessels are arc now under con for uncle sam washington D C nov 14 A state ment prepared by commodore nich borne chief of 0 the construction bureau shows that on november 1st ast the navy department had under construction in in various parts of the country fifty five vessels a larger number thau than ever undertaken der taken before in the history of the country there are eight battleships and of these the kearsarge at news had advanced 71 per cent toward completion ion while her sister ship the kentucky tucky has a percentage of 09 69 the illinois is 57 per cent the alabama at cramps 05 65 and the wisconsin at the union iron works 52 per cent completed the sheathed cruiser albany which the united states boughton the stocks in england is exactly halt finished the twenty two torpedo boats contracted for show percentages percenta cs of completion ranging from 0 to 99 09 per er cent |