Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-12-02 | Page 5 | West Virginia Starts Cruise

WEST EST VIRGINIA STAATS Latest Battleship Leaves Leav s Newport News Yard NEWPORT NEWS Va Dec 14 West Vest Virginia left t tl thi i plant of the C Newport w News New Ship Shipbuilding shipbuilding h E building and Dry Dock k company in for forthe forthe r the tho Norfolk nav navy yard where where- she he willbe will willbe willbe be placed In commission late toda today She will leave the navy yard for New NewYork NewYork NewYork York within the te next few tew days and then will wilt set out on a long shake-down shake cruise after some Orne fine tine control changes are ore made After this cruise she will wiil Join the Pacific tI fleet t. t for tor winter maneuvers In southern waters Embodying all the knowledge of or naval architecture and and- protective de devices de- de vices vices- gained during and since tho battIe battle battle bat bat- tle tIe of or Jutland the big fighting craft n. n sister ship of the Maryland and Colorado takes the place of ot the North Dakota which Is to be scrapped under tho the provisions of the Washington conference conference con con- ference terence naval treat treaty The Tho of of- the West est Virginia will mark marlc the end of an era says ys Secretary Denby In his letter to Thomas Thoma Jone Senn genn who Is placed In command F For r r- r years Qa s to I come there will wUl be be- beno no mor more mord competition competition tion In capital ships amongst the great naval Displacing powers CDO tons tons she is the fifth battleship equipped with electric drive and is described d by Secretary Denby as the latest of ot the tile super- super dreadnoughts The West Virginias Virginia complement consists of or 1100 1400 officers n and d men and she carries eight Inch 16 45 caliber 5 inch 61 51 1 caliber e guns two Inch 21 1 S submerged b t torpedo J t tubes and eight Inch 3 antiaircraft guns She Is 1 feet long IonS seven ninety-seven feet teet three and a half halt Inches Inches across across at the tho I waterline has haa a draft of thirty-one thirty and a half halt feet and makes a a. speed of twenty one knots The West Vest Virginia Maryland and Colorado are the largest ships In the I United States nav navy but they are not j I so 50 large as the new Jat Japanese battle battie- battle j i I ships the Mutsu and Sato lt and ald the I British battle cruiser Hood is considerably considerably consid consid- larger than either the tho West Vest l Virginia class or tho the Mutsu class