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Show NAVY EXHIBITS MODEL OF MODERN WARSHIP A model of the U. S. S. Wyoming, sister sis-ter ship and exact duplicate of the V. S. S. Utah, is on exhibition at the j state fair as a part of the government ; navy exhibit. Lieutenant. Commander . It. K. Mann, officer in charge of the navy recruiting in the district of Utah, was instrumental in procuring the model. His original request was for a model of the Utah, but tor some reason it could not be granted and the Wyoming Wyo-ming was sent in its place. The model is more than ten feet long, every detail being in proportion to tho actual size of the ship. It is equipped with duplicates of ten twelve-inch twelve-inch guns, sixteen five-inch guns, two three-inch antiaircraft guns, four six-pounders six-pounders and two submerged torpedo tubes. The model was built in the Washington navy yard b3- two skilled workmen, who were more than a year in constructing it. Tho model cost ,50,000. |