Show BATTLESHIP FLORIDA LAUNCHED AT BROOKLYN I I NEW YORK May ay l 12 The 12 The The bilges biggest ship in the American navy slid ofT off of the ways toda today at a the thE New York navy naY yard aid when the battleship Florida dropped into the w water ter T T. T Later ater on when the Arkansas and the tho Wyoming now under lder construction arc are afloat thc will i exceed the Florida in size by tons tonsa a I difference sufficient to make a pret pretty good oo little liner in itself The Florida Florda herself is iN b bv br no means finished for tor a asbo as lio went wEnt off of the ways to today ay she wa was only about 60 per cent ent advanced cd toward toward to to- to ward completion which means that that she was wao not much more mor than a vast empty hull hul and still sOH awaits all al or of the 1000 boilers and main and s secondary engines engine and armor and equipment that go to tomake tomake I make up the ship read ready for commission 10 |