Show NAVAL SHIP FU FUEL S SHIP I I LAUNCHED ED AT BOSTON 1 I BOSTON April 23 The 23 The na naval fuel I IshIp ship Pecos Feces eq equipped to supply ships I while under way aj ajat at sea was launched I at the Boston Doston navy nay ard yard today Immediately Immediately Im- Im i mediately afterward on on- the same wa ways s s the thc keel ws laid for the Whitney Whitney Whit Whit- I ney a mother ship for destroyers I which will have hae a a complete repair and supply plant installed v I The Pecos will carr carry gallons gallons gal gal- lons Ions of or fuel oil and gallons of oC gasoline together with tons of ammunition and general cargo She She- will have a a- a speed of fourteen knots The Whitney named for former I fo of the Navy Kavy William C C. Whitney will viii be driven by the latest I design of geared turbines turbin's at a speed of 01 sixteen knots and will car carry as I arm armament ment eight inch five and four three-inch three antiaircraft guns She I will rill be feet over all with a beam of s one sixty feet I |