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Show DREADNOUGHT I ON ML TRIPS I Pennsylvania on Government H Course at Rockland, Maine H Goes Into Commis- H sion in May. H Rockland, Maine, Feb. 24. The sup- jH ordreadnought Pennsylvania went on 1 the government course today tor her M standardization test, the first of her H official acceptance trials. w. H The low speed runs were to be made M with the use of reducing gear which H is being tried for the first time in an IH American dreadnought. This gear jH consists of a small turbine attached H to the cruising engine, the object be- H ing to obtain the same speed and eftl- H ciehcy with fewer revolutions. H Captain Henry B. Wilson will com- H mand the Pennsylvania when she gons IH into commission in May. M 00 H |