Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-11-07 | Page 4 | Preparing for Test of Our Navy's Biggest Gun |

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Date	1909-11-07
Paper	Salt Lake Tribune
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Preparing for Test of Our Navy's Biggest Gun
Type	article
Date	1909-11-07
Paper	Salt Lake Tribune
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	4
OCR Text	Show PREPARING FOR TEST OF OUR. NAVY'S BIGGEST GUN . WASTI rNGTON. Nov. G. Preparations Prepara-tions lo test, tho biggest, gun the navv has yet undertaken to try out will begin when the new 1-1 inch cannon, just completed bv the Midvalc Steel company of Philadelphia, arrives at tho Washington navy-3'ard. Tho monster is on its way here and everything is prepared to rush the finishing fin-ishing louches on it. As soon as the gun is ready for the firing tests it will be loaded on a lighter and towed to the proving grounds at Indian Head. Md. Naval officers are deeply interested in tho outcome of tho trjals. and if the tests arc a success tho new cannon mnv take the place of the present twelve-inch guns in tho turrets of the i new battleships.
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