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Show Withstood Confederate Batteries and Carried Dewey's Flag San Francisco, Mny 10 The torch of the Junk buyer was applied oarly today to tar barrels stacked agaln3t tho stout oak sides of tho old wooden warship Pensacolu and the hulk of the once formidable "sailing cruiser" which withstood tho Confederate bat ties of New Orleans and Mobile bay and carried tho flag of Captain George Dewey in the Mediterranean went up in flames. After having served for many years as training ship at tho local naval recruiting re-cruiting station, the antiquated war vessel, which cost $500,000 to build and $1,500,000 In repairs, was sold for a little more than $10,000, being valu able only for the large quantities of copper bolts used In her construction. A week ago she was haulod on tho beach to dry so that she would burn readily. The Pensacola was launched at Pensacola, Fla.. in 1S62, her keel having hav-ing been laid four years previously. After assisting in the blockade of tho cotton ports, the Pensacola was attached at-tached to Admiral Farragut's fleet After the war sho was transferred to the Mediterranean ocean and later continued around tho world to tho Pacific coast and was flagship of the Pacific fleet. From 1S72 to 1S75 she was laid up at Mare Island navy yard for repairs and at the -end of the three yeais tho books showed that her refitting had cost $500,000 per year. Since 1899 sho has been receiving ship at the Yerba Buena island ,e-cehing ,e-cehing station. |
