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Show U. S. DESTROYER BADLY DAMAGED I :i SAN PEDRO, CaL. Jan. 25 UP) Badly damaged In collision during maneuvers MO miles oft the California Cali-fornia coast, the United States navy's first Una destroyer Dahlgren limped toward Kan Diego today In convoy of the destroyer Sands and Lawrence. Radio advices to the United States fleet's flagship Pennsylvania Indicated Indi-cated the vessel waa shipping water and waa In a precarious condition. The Dahlgren carries 106 officers and men.. The Dahlgren, en route to Honolulu for the annual war games, was engaged en-gaged in maneuvers with other of the knifelike J 10-foot greyhounds of the sea when It wu struck by the destroyer de-stroyer TarbelL Navy officials her war Informed the collision wss caused by th Jam-1 , ming of the Dahlgren rudder. Thel bow of th Dahlgren waa damaged. Slight damage wu don th TarbelL I Radio advicea made no mention of any Injured, and navy official considered con-sidered it unlikely ther ware any casualties. Although complete details were lacking in radio advices, navy officials offi-cials her said undoubtedly th ehip , waa in a precarious condition and , shipping water. They baaed their statement on th fact that two da-1 stroyers were convoying th damaged vessel to San Diego. The Dahlgren left San Diego Man-1 day to take part in th exercleee of I th "black fleet" which hu been aa-signed aa-signed th task ot "conquering" th 1 Pacific coast Ship of th scouting fore -mak up th main body of th' "black fleet," which is scheduled to! start on "offense" on the coast from I ( Honolulu on February 1. |