Show THE FLORIDA LAUNCHED big fighting machine equal to five ordinary ships new york flying the white tarred starred ensign of the united states state s navy at her stem the stars and stripes ct at her stern and a string ot of gay tignal signal pennants along the feet of her deck line the battleship florida the biggest of tho the american dread ta built thus for far was successfully launched at the brooklyn navy yard on thursday in the presence of th tho 0 vice president of the united states the secretary ot of the navy the naval attaches of all the powers and a crowd of DC enthusiasts the ton fighting leviathan Is built to carry ten 12 1 inch guns the concentrated big gun tiro fire of five ordinary battleships |