Parowan Times | 1927-10-05 | Page 7 | Reconditioned Battleship Texas Now Flag Ship

reconditioned battleship battleship texas now flag ship til t 41 A r P f t A A vw IL jai it ft t Is wa k the united stales texas passing wider the Manh manhattan attall bridge new york lork on h hir bar ir way to take tier her place as flagship of f the united states fleet replacing Ahe the seattle Seal tle the texas has just passed through a long process of reconditioning at a cost of more than slie she lias has been converted from a coal burner to an oll oil burner and fitted with blisters for protection against torpedo attack and also provided with new deck armor to give additional pi election riga hist bombs from the air her masts have been changed the old foremast of the cage type has been altered to a tripod resembling the british masts and the other mast has been converted from the cage type to the ordinary type