Eastern Utah Advocate | 1901-03-21 | Page 4 | Illinois a Fast Battleship

Ill 1111 loul aa a rt fast battleship on her builder traut trip friday tb the battleship illinois mor than up tip to expectation the hip ship was not talon taken out to deep tea sea but was given r rundown ruo down the cout coast the malo main object baltic to teat test ber her boiler boilers steaming out of the virginia caits the battleship proceeded about twenty give mile miles down the coast on her return r under a moderato forced draught the ships indicator indicators shoved her peed or a two hou hours ramo to average 36 2100 2 knots an hoar hour with revo revolutions lotions the contract require requirement merits called for sixteen cnota an hour with lotions In tlona no attempt was made at peed mimed the vessel a bottom belor extremely foul she baa has been in the th water for more than a rear year