Show NEBRASKA LAUNCHED seattle wash oct 7 in the presence of a teeming multitude 0 onlookers and christened by a daughter of the governor of the state for which she Is named uncle sams latest and largest battleship the nebraska was launched from the ways of the moran brothers company at this afternoon gov john II 11 mickey 0 nebraska aad his party including prominent state officials and their wives reached the city last night and participated in the ceremonies the launching occurred without a hitch and was the occasion of a halt holiday throughout the city all the public schools were closed miss mary main hickey daughter of gov hackey strod sponsor for the vessel the nebraska is the first battleship constructed on the pacific coast north of san francisco and all the leading army and state officials in the northwest took part in the program the battleship nebraska which was launched today has a displacement of tons her contract price is length feet 3 inches beam 76 feet 2 12 inches draft 23 feat 9 inches displacement tons weight at launching pounds speed 19 knots 2188 miles indicated horse power engines two four cylinder triple expansion cylinders 35 feet 57 inches stroke 35 inches boilers 12 water tubular her main battery consists of four 12 inch guns eight 8 inch and 12 6 ih guns in her secondary battery she carries 14 three inch guns twelve 3 16 small guns and four 21 inch torpedo tubes she has two superimposed turrets and two waist turrets her armor consists of a belt 8 feefe wide and 11 incites thick 5 inches thick lluch turrets 12 8 and G inches aluck eight inch turrets 6 and a half aej G inches thick protective deck I 1 JM and 3 inches gun protection C inches thick the vessel has two military masts and three smoke stacks total weight of ammunition total weight of powder one lound pounds total weight of hoi one round pounds total of armor tons total weight of armament tons total weight of boal 1950 tons complement officers 40 crew include aas CO marines |