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Show B $ I ' ' f I I While the battleship Alabama was steaming B V i 1 1 j at a speed of eight knots the other day, a seaman, B ''ff'i ' N A. .Brightup, gun-pointer in the Alabama's left B , I f I l , hand turret, firing the 13-inch gun, at a target B i 8 ' i j 1G0 yards away, made four hits in two minutes B fill' I an( 5sht seconds. Seamen Alo and Fletcher, B 1 J l ' Sn Pointers in the right hand turrent, scored B i 1 1 1 ; t 1.14 hits a minutes and of the sixteen shots fired, B I 1 1 ( flfflteen struck the target and the other struck H 1 ! t tho frame which held it. fl ( If j! f,uat kInd of work in a battle would mean m ' JHwl j j annihilation to an enemy. Fifteen 13-inch shells H . jjjjj; j striking, all within eight minutes of time, would B l ill V ' i make havoc on any ship ever built. B vlr'J ' ! Tue United States maintains its old renown B ill! I on the sea. wm fILi, |