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Show KilSSIOU NEVV FIGHTERS IN SEPTEIaDER . . . ' ' Battleships Utah and Florida Flori-da Nearly Ready to Be Torned Orer.- . OUTCLASS AMERICAN WARSHIPS NOW AFLOAT j iaanmsssaBma) Acceptance of Utah Silver Serrlcc Will Then Come Up. , 1 1 . "wAlHDfQTOW, AQg. 8S-Tn United Unit-ed Btata aary will aooa b angmcotad by to Hater drcadnaaghm nerlda and Utah. Tba former will b plaoad U aommlMtoB aoptambcr 18, and tb UV tar probably a few days War. The aavy department ia now valtinc for word from tb builders of tba Utah a to tb exact data they will be ready to tarm her rrer to the government. These will be tb greatest skip bow eommissioaed la tb aavy. Tb dia-plaeemeat dia-plaeemeat of each is SM25 tons, aad the main battery will consist of tea twelve-Inch aad -.twenty- y-lah gnna. Tbey will outclass tb Delaware, which excited much admiration at the coronation of King George V, aad the North Dakota, whoea displacement of 20,000 tone each baa given tbem the distinction of being the biggest men of war afloat at the present time, under the American flag. i No aanouncemeet ha yet been mad by the navy department aa to the coorse it will follow in connection with the handsome eilver eervie containing Matures Ma-tures of Brtgnam Young, which will be offered br eitiseae or Utah - to tha atate' nameaaka la the aavy; Namer-oue Namer-oue protects a re i est its aeeeptaae bsve been flled with ths department. It will probably be offered shortly after the ahip ia commissioned. Secretary Meyer several month ago iaformed a protesting delegstioa that the department would not determine the matter natil the service, by its preen-tatioa, preen-tatioa, eas within the janaiUctlpa of the government.. |