Show M AND FIGURES 13 deductions drawn by men of the navy in connect ion mishaps to kilps washington doc 16 old naval lofb cers on duty at washington who disclaim having any of the sailor mans superstition have been struck by the fact that the massachusetts la the third vessel in the united states navy with M as an initial letter that has encountered a dangerous obstruction off j governors island elnko the war began the others arc the montgomery and mayflower one of these officers has been more impressed by the discovery that the name massachusetts contains thirteen letters but he Is not so willing to admit that M and IS acro coincidences when someone mentioned the maine as another unlucky ship with that initial and that M is the thirteenth letter in the alphabet another singular thing is that there are thirteen naval vessels now in commission with M as the first letter of their names the list does not include the two spanish auxiliaries the manila and mondano captured by dewey at manila |