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Show Battleship Oregon Undergoing Repairs. The battleship Oregon is now on th povernment dry dock at Puget Sound navy yard, where she was taken last Friday to undergo repairs to her keel, which was severely strained when she ran on the rocks some months ago. Latershe will be given a general overhauling over-hauling and painting. More than ordinary care was necessary nec-essary on account of the strained keel, and for many days prior to the docking dock-ing extraordinary preparations were made for the reception of the big war vessel. , i In order that she might rest gently on the blocks, instead of pumping all the water from the dock, as is usually the case, only about six feet were taken out. Sheres were then placed in position and two divers entered the water to adjust the wedges and blocks carefully about the keel before any great part of the weight of the battleship battle-ship was allowed to rest. The remainder remain-der of the water has since been pumped from the dock and the damaged part of the hull exposed. |