| Show BIG BIU SHIP COMPLETED I Battleship Delivered to Navy Department by byS bythe bythe S the Builders Newport News New Va May lay 21 I The IThe The now how battleship hll Louisiana the first of or tim the sixteen n thuu thousand an ton battleships l nb w for the United State Stated to be completed was delivered cre io to o the navy department ment at t the hc Norfolk nav navy yard this n afternoon tern on b by Walter A. A Post her builders the Newport Ne' Ne Shipbuilding and Drydock Dry Dry- dock company ec to S I Ship Yard Ahead Wh When en Admiral ml Iii rr Hl n ton commandant corn com omm m mandant of th the tho navy nan yard a nc accepted the thic Jie lie wal warship l h the tho eat battleship building la rate race c between ell tho the Newport jort an and tho the Ne News Nei Shipbuilding company J nay navy yard an where the bat bat- Connecticut sister stCl sill ship to the Louisiana l is under construction mine came cameto mineto to an fin end giving 1 th the private atc ship yaida I a complete c victory victor over o the tho govern govern- lu nf In thi th the first competitive race between such yards In the matter of economy and In lit building war 11 var- var ships hIps Not only has hns the Louisiana na been hu built III In lii much quicker tI time me than U tile Con hut at a cost to the government of le less than tho the latter ship S rho The question lU o of which ship hip Is iii the faster to bo settled but bul there thelo UI are few j who doubt but Lut ut that the tho private vate vito ship l ll yard will also heat beat the government go gov nl ship yard on that point for or In- In Louisiana re Loul fana developed do a a of ot 1882 knot an hour both on oi her trial trip which Is li ft tu mark tho lie Connecticut will e ha u ii hard time lo tu approach q wh when n she she J Is given her speed tests several Weeks eGI from now Very err Quick Work Tho The Louisiana has taken takei less time lame than bait m an any warship ever over constructed In Inthe inthe the tho American v ne-v navy Her I keel wo wu laid on Feb Fb 7 and shin she was Jau launched d on en Aim Au Aug 27 7 1904 Today Toda site she he Is a completed ship e except for Cor forthe forthe the the o of h her bet ry battery bat bat- t tery y which wll bo be done at tho the Norfolk Norfolk Norfolk Nor Nor- folk navy yard The rho vc vessel sel will HI be commissioned In about three weeks an and amid she will viii thun J ln Admiral Evans Evans' AU Atlantic fleet Tho Time ut wi ll Ar-ll b bt be commissioned lo bd d m mt time lz in July 1 f. f J mJ y |
