Show BIG SHIPS TO BE SCRAPPED no special ceremony will mark this event philadelphia without ostentation the of four historic bottle chips will be held this week the maine missouri wisconsin and the cruiser columbia recently pur purchased chasel ar an junk by it a philadelphia firm will be towed bowed from froin the philadelphia navy yard to a last resting place in the del aware river there they will he be scrapped their armor and big guns melted and recast into tit ohp needs of peace the balne was launched in 1001 ni a cost of the other three oliree battleships were of the some game type and cost about the same amount As junk they brought less than each the cruiser columbia launched in 1803 13 was one of tile the frato fastest t ships afloat at that time |