Show americas harbor defense ham BATH me fe feb aeb 4 the twin screw armor plated harbor defense ram rant batah cin better known as the amlien rani was launched here ahn afternoon in ili the presence of hoople miss kolev daughter of Assistant secretary ecret ary of the navy soley 1 performed the christeni christening ng ceremony the ke maine ina legislature attended tn in a body and there were a number nui of congressmen I 1 I 1 I 1 ib Af aae jl J l from washington present the new vessel is built upon plans 1 drawn by rear admiral ammen A and i 1 something of a novelty in naval architecture the principal cip a P peculiarity e U consists of a number of M tanks ll 11 li which bich when filled with air acrive give her a convenient freeboard for coap coasting ting service but when filled with wa water I 1 er depress e ss herbo her so that her turtleback deck is awash she is intended purely a A weapon wea bof of ol relle 11 against 91 1 hist an all attacking fleet ar and d her mission gilr W will 1 11 be t to 0 sink tattle witte ships ps or cruise she counti no agn agn eave save a fw few small onea ones of rapid fire pa pattern c rii I 1 intended to keep off torpedo boats I 1 |