Show TACOMA LAUNCHES I SCOUT CRUISER I Thirty-four-Knot Thirty Warship I Takes to Water on Sound TACO TACOMA IA Wash Dec Dee 14 The H.-The The Omaha first scout cruiser built bunt for the United States navy nary since 1907 Trill rill be launched at the Todd Drydock and Construction yards here today with Miss Louise B. B White of the Nebraska metropolis as sponsor Miss V White was i selected by the mayor of Omaha to i ichrist christen christ n the boat i Shipyard records show how that tha t t the tho h i I Omaha which is feet and six Inch inches s I II long is the tho longest vessel ever built i ion Ion on Puget Sound She is of a new type I of construction and as she sho was designed designed designed de de- de- de signed primarily for speed sped It is be believed ba 00 she will be among am among ng the fastest ships afloat with a a. mark of or thirty five knots an hour Four propellers two on each side have been built on the cruiser Her Bert boilers bollers will generate horsepower I I er and her displacement will be 0 l tons armament will consist of twelve six Inch rifles two three three inch inch antiaircraft guns two three two machine guns and two twin torpedo tubes The Omaha will be launched bow first instead of first as usual The keel treel was laid in 1918 and she sho will be ready for service late next year The Omaha which is one of or three scout cruisers under construction here will Cost approximately when fUli ful- ful ily i lv Iy equipped I |