Ogden Sun | 1905-12-12 | Page 7 | Old Frigate Nipsic

OLD FRIGATE at one time queen of american navy to be prison ship baah dec 8 the old frigate Ni at one almo the queen or the american navy and the only american to escape the typhoon at abia apia samoa in 1889 is to so into commission at the puget bound navy yard on december as a prison thap for number of years the was used as a receiving ship at the navy yard but was ort 0 commission when the cruiser philadelphia wag hullt for that her hull being good and with hr great beam the navy department decided to make her a prison ahle which Is badly needed at the yard