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Show BIG BATTLESHIP BEING LAUNCHED The Navy releases news of the Wisconsin, one of six projecterd 45, 000-ton battleships, which are in addition to six 35, 000-ton ships of the North Carolina class. The keel of the Wisconsin was laid at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on Jan. 25, 1941. Considerable changes have been made in her original design. Cost of the new monster is' estimated at $90,000,-000 $90,000,-000 which compares with less than $30,000,000 for the Maryland class ships which were completed just after the first World War. |