| Show 1 iQ I I < 1 t00001OQt34000O0tDOD03006COW00Otl A SHIP Of000o000tOtiCt4l0 OP t ITHE 1 1AlvY I 1 I J 10009 + O LD I I ERfIONT1 I o 000000090000th00000iofrJ00 oocooo o o ooooceoJ tf t opjrrlirht 1191 I 1 t Juit W yeiri euro the lut l of the oil wnnden line of battle l ihlp with 1 their lofty spare and oulntr trhlmt t yards l whlh were built for the United I C Blatei navy was latimhed < l and lioed upn the active Hit Tim affair was n red tell on for the nary deportment AI Ih 1 wo built at one ot the navy yardi and l wai looked upon ai one of the lirnit ni well 0a motlltul ahlpe nf her clan 1 In Ihe world l TOO hip In qu lion was the Vlnonl now mod asa as-a receiving ahlp at the llrooklrn navy yard 1 + The Vermont was built at the Ikxion 1 navy yard 1 llrr keel which la I com poied of aeteral piece of ivlld live Urnosoonlarr0unt 1 Work on Ihe vemtl 1 wai tery ilow and was slopped itvcra iitnei on account of lack of fund It 1 wan not until M yeari afterward vr In ISO that she asp computed and and I r J Ii1 z v r t rot not ern tn i 1 St t u R Tim VKIUIONT AS BUR WAS h h + t i 1 down the ways Into the wale 1 the pride 01 Ih AmtlMn nary The old hip ha InKn In art I r IOtvW fot w half rrntur55 and oh Is I qulles round now a I i nn the dy when II tie In and ar1tf non tint Htwl from lho staff and 5 I I th veeeel 1 wai put Into commlelon Tin Vermont war the lnrge1 of all the I wI len ship buill fnr unr nary Iler dlplarment In 11100 Ion makln h + r nearly twice ai large a Ih Conlliulln IIh atrlool et aria tnnun on the I I main and gun desks ant f1 I mallo onto on the star 1 dk making 1M cons In all allThe The Vermont itarted on her career ihorlly after hung launched With a t crew of 1100 men ihe nailed from lloetun I wllli Commander August llaldnln In fl I r I1lm leaving lluntun she was at aon far wvral year During tbw erulue ht visited Marly alt of Its naval tattons alone the Aluntto onset and i acted ai a transmit and supply hID Her meat oarrylnc capailiy I made her I < a aluable adllllon lu I lln Navy II was while un nn nf thee trip that the I Vermont encountered iuu h sell et which mm very n > ar putting an rnd 1 to 11 Ii her career Hhe lost purl of her maeti and i 1 rigging and i her rwkler I and waa 1 r I j lotted about ho I svan for n > arly right month Him carried a Inn numix I of men and a quantity of iiunn and ammunition When she did nut put in nn 1 I appearance In tort I lhtr Was tins h romein toll lor her safely Nvt Ihn s I e i > hlia arriving at any of the H > rU along the I Atlantic had poken her and n I nose feared oho led bn lual Heveral veaaela were sent out lu ae oh fi r lie I t tnlHInic warohlp but they returned uaem ceeaful and all hope wan iitNiit I in I t In the meantime on the Vermont a Jury lu liter I had been rltied and with that i and ihortened Mil she made rorlimouth In a dllapldalil I 1 condition TIn wee it T-In the IHllee i 1 Karly In 1M the Vermont was poet to the naval itallon at tort loyal s where the war uied 1 ai a > ui > i > ly nnd hospital ship during the war On many P ocvailoni 1 while ebe 1 was al Tort loyal the liana of AdinlraU 1arragul and ry r fy I Porter were down from Hie rnaithead while II was not an uncommon eight to I lj i aee Ihe dale of i umiuodure tiling over her The old orient 1 remained al lll I I Iloyal until Autud tIN His was then tent lo the navy yard at llruoklyn a t li I Others oh tar I renlein1 evoyeur During all her clay In the mush she i did not nee c lIun xwptlng for MlutlnK purfoee tile wli lent north to retlie I lie overcrowdnl rondlllun of the pill then at the yard l tile wall alas removed from the flchlliuc Hit lo inakn room for soon of the more modern veeteli 1 the I 54 11 I United Hlalre hud Lull durlnic war I A wore of Improvement swept over the navy t ard about ten yean ceo and the old I Vermont came In for a alum It Two new detki Here built the i I inaiti and houim were removed and a roof wtii put titer lier The oulildeof the vrml hai been left umhanited l and the liwka like an ark she nwkea a itrlk I Inc contrail In the I root cleat batlleihlne I of the most I re navy which are aolrur 111 = t = i I 4 to and from the yard at all llmet The oil t Vermont loons up above hem I and y f li I Indent a monument the ihlpbullUrr of the day In by Durlne IT mire r thin M year of icnko ai a reielvlng hip men hue been M > ni I > end 1 rroelv 1 j l 7 I I e 4 1 tM yrY aaeO rte r a 7 e 1 j i 1 I TIIU VLIIMONT All Sill IH I ed from ecoelfever y portion of lb globe by is Vermont and many a boy who pot hl tlrel lemon In mamanshlp on the Vermont hoe rums tuck to her I ly slier many yours on woof eeds 10 bo retlrrd honing Ichool the ae 1I1t I J blare than IOQOOOO men have been housed and fed on board her Inca ihe P nlll went loin ommlHlon e Ot the sillier who have commande1 Vermont Illlle can be Hid that li dot already known Many of them have become famoua while KOIII have re I I I I ttrrl Im the active Hit with the Aghast rank imuiiile H < nne of thoM sohoae I r nag here i beer unfurled at her maitliead are Admiruli Karraifut tooter Iu I font II hanui W tlordon Upehur Nlchnlaon Krlun H ncrot IlierarJI HI card and Krancia M line what flag now Him oar the ahli i Often there have been I MM men houn I nit the ship at one time and l these have been aa many ni IAO > nnrttrwl on I r y i silos decka Nine 1 111o eaaeU 1 I loa i < e Wgun to return from the nene oil hue l war tu be put out of oommle I Ion the men have been lent to Ihe Verm ml and there are now about I IM j I mn on her 1IIBUBIUO A VRIIUII I S |
