| Show mm THE UTAH mm LAUNCHED BIGGEST FIGHTING MACHINE I 1 IN N THE NAVY CHRIST ENED IN FITTING MANNER when leviathan of war slid into the water united states naval construction st stepped into supremacy over other nations philadelphia in tho the presence of a distinguished array of statesmen the battleship utah the biggest in the united states navy and dubbed 0 Nu Nuth thIn ln was launched on thursday in the yards of the now york shipbuilding company at camden N J after miss mary alice spry daughter of governor spry ot of utah had smashed a beribboned bottle of 0 champagne over the bow and spoke the words of christening 11 hundreds of 0 workmen in the yards stood silent as aa miss spry threw tho the bottle with all her strength against tho the steel plated hull bull ot of tha th leviathan of war then every one re removed his hat and the men gave a figlo mighty ty cheer as the tha ship slid down the greased skids and splashed into the water w with ith a roar which drowned the shouting launchings launch ings are common on tho the delaware river but the launching 0 of the great vessel on thursday established a new epoch it wits was a demor able ble occasion from many viewpoints birst first on account of tho the distinguished array of notable people second on account of the unrivalled strength of the ship and third through the fact that united states naval construction now steps into supremacy |
