Show DOCKING OF THE BALTIMORE the effect of her brief stay in the waters of manila bay washington nor 26 A report sent by admiral daicy at manila tells ot lie peculiar effect to the cotoio ot er baltimore by her brief stay in manila bay the baltimore was docked at dioag kong in April jast before war was deihr cd and returned there in septem belr for a second when ehe was in the dry basin it was uund that her hull below the water line was completely covered with a lime like coral io api upi and it vai craded off however aul to the crisera tio abeel plates in alie balli anoree bottom nat badly cited the moat remarkable feature of the docking was that no paint came off nith the lime like Lara acles the incrustation waa responsible however for a redaction of the cruisers ona half naval say tha in view of the capere cp it will bo berec sary for the united batea 0 o build dry doka do ka in ohp philippines |