Show 15 FASTEST BATTLESHIP New Maine Leads the Navy of Uncle Sam Boston Aug 23Tue new firstclass battleship Maine raced around the capo on her trial course to prove her right to fly the United Slatcn ensign Her 1 I contract calls for a speed of IS knots tin hour for four continuous hours of steaming and though I on one sixmile I leg she dropped to 1TJ10 on her fastost nhe cached t ISO and this was followed by other speeds equally agreeable Thus at the cud her mrsn speed developed devel-oped without the ideal allowances was given out as IS This IT not official as the navy hoard has not completed Us fIrst figuring and will nol for sometime some-time but this Its the statement made by the Cramps There is a little feeling that I she wan expected to I go over ibis mark hut ns it Is 1 she stands today as the fastest battleship In Un > American navy fort for-t he Illinois which up to this time has held the record did only 1751 on nor fastest leg When lie Maine wns coming over atone at-one lime I she hi understood to have boon pushed to 180 but it Is explained that this Is the first time a trial trip oC this sort has boon given under service conditions with unpicked coal and with an ordinary crew of stokers |