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Show coooooooooooooooo O - -O O KEEL OF THE . O O FLORIDA LAID O o o O New York. March 9. While O O the "Star Spangled Banner" .O O was played by the marine band, O O the Keel of the battleship Flor- O O Ida was laid today at the Brook- O O lyn Navy Yard- The ceremony O O took place In the presence of O O the yards commandant. Rear O O Admiral Goodrich. O O The laying of the Florida's O O keel plates, although an inter- O O estlng ceremony, marks only O O an Incident of her construction. O O The navy yard has thlny-two O O months from November 24 last O O for the completion of the Flor- O O Ida. Her cost is estimated at O O $5,000,000. The Florida is to O O be a 21.825-ton vessel. O o .o coooooooooooooooo |