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Show CRUISER TACOMA TAKES TQWATER IT 'FRISCO New Lfeht-Draiight Ves-' Ves-' sel Intended for Service Ser-vice in the Waters of the Orient. SAN FRANCISCO, June 2. The new cruiser Tacoma, built at the Union Iron Works, was launched here today. Miss Julia Naomi Harris of Tacoma christened chris-tened the vessel as it glided gracefully into the bay. Miss Louise Stone of the same city pressing the button that released re-leased it from the ways. A large delegation dele-gation of people from . Tacoma were present among the specially Invited , guests, 1000 invitations having been is sued to residents of that city. The ceremonies cere-monies would have been more elaborate had it not been for the late hour when the high tide occurred. The Tacoma, which is intended for Oriental service, is of very light draught. She is a protected cruiser of 3500 tons displacement, with a sheathing sheath-ing of teak and copper below the water line. Her length at the water line is 282 feet, her breadth 44 feet 1 inch and draught 15 feet. She is provided with twin screws and vertical triple expansion expan-sion engines, and is to haj'e a sp"eed of 16 knots, with an indicated horsepower horse-power of 4700. |