Show NAVYS NAVY'S LAST WOODEN SHIP Relic of the Old Type of War Vessel Passes to New Jerseys Jersey's Naval Militia The Adams the last of or the old wooden ships of the United States navy which from 1908 until last fall was the lie training ship of the Pennsylvania Pennsyl vania State Nautical school has bias been turned over to the New Jersey naval militia for their cruise off ort the Maine coast toast we read in the the Philadelphia 1 Ledger edger This relic of the old navy y Is one of at the most picturesque ships now afloat Bark Dark rigged with her towering towering tow tow- ering tiring masts and high black topsides and the guns peering through her ports she Is an object of admiration and curiosity In ir every ery port she visits She was built In 1874 Until June 1889 when she went to Samoa she had an uneventful existence During the controversy with Germany she was the sole defender derender of the American Ameri Amen can flag in Ia that territory She then was sent to the Pacific coast and ID It 1891 1894 went ashore In Bering Dering strait She was floated repaired and brought back to the United States J. J t She then went out of cO commission until 1 1009 1908 08 when she was turned over to the Pennsylvania State Nautical school I |