Ogden Daily Standard | 1906-07-03 | Page 4 | Machinery Worked Nicely

MACHINERY WORKED NICELY battleship nebraska given trial spin yesterday seattle wash july athe battleship nebraska on a builders trial today made 1895 knots avor tho prescribed course off point beals tho battleship with captain lawo and captain in command was sent over the course three times telco at the record speed and once slowly the requirements of the naval depart ment aro that the battleship shall make 19 knots and her builders assert that this will be easily accomplished aleut commander R E coontz inspector of equipment naye 1 l constructor arthur inspector of mil chinery and ordnance and naval constructor tor ruhn were aboard the bat in unofficial capacity robert moran head of the ship building firm that completed tho nebraska bad his family aboard i the nebraska was out all the forenoon and a part of the afternoon the early part of the day was spent in cruising and adjusting compasses testing the machinery and watching the behavior of the boat when she was sent over the prescribed course on H trial spin the machinery worked in a manner tant chief engineer L B cros sott pronounced entirely satisfactory the nebraska will go to the puget sound navy yam july 6 and her bottom will be cleared in preparation for the official trial this month