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Show THE BATTLESHIP UTAH f A. 1 , " -1 - -fc. '( .Mi, i ' . - -v.---;-' r --;. ' si . - ,-- - i t , - t ' 1 i -i r r J 'A . v ? ' , - Salt Lake City The battleshiiJ "Utah," launched at Camden, New-Jersey, New-Jersey, December 23, 1009, is a vessel of the Dreadnaught type. 510 feet long, 88 feet wide and displaces 21,825 tons, with a draft of 2S feet 6 inches. Her armament is composed of ten 12-inch guns, sixteen 5-inch guns and the usual small calibre guns. She has two 21-inch submergeu torpeao tubes. The vessel will be propelled by Parsons Par-sons turbines, being the first United States battleship with this type of machines and she will burn oil fuel in connection with coal. She has the usual complement of officers and men and is fitted up, in every respect, according to the customary practice of the United States navy. The "Utah" will be, when placed in commission, the largest vessel completed com-pleted for the United States navy, and will have a speed of about 21 knots. A patriotic custom has been followed fol-lowed by the several states of the Union in whose honor battleships have been named, of providing the vessel with a silver service. The cost of these services has ranged from five to twenty-five thousand dollars. The funds for purchasing the same have been raised in the several states in various ways by legislative appropriation, appro-priation, private subscription, and subscriptions sub-scriptions by the various ci,ie oi the states. The "Utah" will not be behind the other vessels in this respect, a committee com-mittee having been appointed to secure se-cure a silver service which will be the pride cf the officers and crew of "Utah," and a credit to the state. The silver service which has been selected by the committee, consists of about one hundred and thirty pieces. On the larger pieces of the service, scenes typical of Utah's natural na-tural scenery and resource, as well as those which are of a historical nature, na-ture, will be engraved. AmoDg the larger engravings will be a scene representing rep-resenting pioneer and modern means of transportation, the artists having selected for this purpose the pioneer ox-team and the modern palatial steam train crossing the Lucin Cut-off; Black Hock at Garfield, showing the lake in the distance; a composite picture pic-ture of a mining camp; Pioneer Monument, Monu-ment, and a number ot typical Utah mountain scenes. The twenty-seven punch cifps which go with the punch service will bear scenes typical of the twenty-seven counties of the state, and each individual cup will bear a legend setting forth in a few words the resources of the county it represents. repre-sents. Practically all of the counties coun-ties have responded to the committees' commit-tees' invitation for suggestions and ihe collection of photographs will convey a splendid idea of the diversified diversi-fied products and resources of the state. All the citizens of Utah have been, or will be, given an opportunity to contribute to this silver service for the battleship Utah, which is to have its trial trip in the near future. Even the school children are to contribute their mite, so that the men and women of the future may have a real interest in the great war vessel named for the state of Utah. |