Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-08-25 | Page 6 | Cruiser Fleet to Cross Pacific Ocean

CRUISER flEET TO CROSS PACIfiC OCEAN w WASHINGTON Au Aug mother Another 25 Another peace pel fleet is to be sent across the Pacific by bl Uncle Sam It will comprise eight i ht 0 ot of the strongest and fastest cruisers rs in the naval force and willIt will It leave av San Francisco a week from next Sunday It will be bo occupied with its mission which is declared to hi b be friendly friend friend- ly lr more than five months The Thee e vessels sels which have e been ordered to prepare for fOT the journey are re tho the fully armored cruisers Tennessee California South Dakota Washington West Virginia Virginia Vir Vir- ginia gini Colorado Maryland a and d Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania According to the nR navy departments department's schedule of their mile mile journey after making several side trips to Chinese Chi Chi- Chinese nese nese and Ja Japanese anese ports orts the the whole squadron will reassemble reassemble at Yokohama and and will sail for home January 19 1910 I