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Show BATTLESHIP DELAAVARE ON HER FINAL TRIAL TRIP WASHINGTON. Aug. 7. The big battleship bat-tleship Delawaro. sister to tho dreadnought. dread-nought. North Dakota, slipped out of the harbor at Newport, R. I., last night and now is somewhere on the north Atlantic At-lantic steaming on hor final trials and testing all her equipment for final acceptance ac-ceptance by tho government. Sho probably prob-ably will steam a thousand knots before returning to port. Tho contract speed of tho big flghtor was 21 knots, which she exceeded on her preliminary trials. On tho final tost sho must make a certain speed under forced draught for four hours and a steady speed for twenty-four hours continuously. continu-ously. Her armament also will be tested. Tho Delaware, built at Newport News, Va.. Is rated a 20.000-ton ship, but actu-allv actu-allv displaces 22,000 tons and her engines develop 25,000 estimated horsepower. Captain Charles A, Gobo is in command. |