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Show Uncle Sam's Big New Battleship Pennsylvania and Her Sponsor. r . . 'rfvsSSSssLOPviiswiy? Tho battleship Pennsylvania, newest of the United States 'iv.nrshtps, will bo launched nt Newport Nows, Vn., on March 1(1 It will tako' nbout another anoth-er year to Ot her out for service Tho Pennsylvania will bo christened by Miss Elizabeth Kolb ot Germantown, Pa., whoso picture here nppearH, with the stern view ot tho bnttlcshlp on tho wayg.k The Pennsylvania Is 025 feet long, longer than any other ship In tho United Stntcs nnvy. Sho will displace dis-place 32iO0 tons. She -will arry twclvo fourteettinch Kuns n-Ur.uialn arum-ruont arum-ruont Sho will cost when fully' nrmed over f 12,000,000. Desplto her great length sho has a beam of only ninety-seven feet, so that sho caii safely go through tho Panama canal. Iter armor consists of a main belt eighteen feet deep and fourteon inches thick, extending far bolow the witter lino. Sho is I Jbutlt to attain a speed of between twonty-tbreo nnd twenty-four knots. |