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Show OLD GLORY Waves From Newest Ship to Keep America SAFE . It : . ' ' ...... y ...... ... . .; t' . , " ' i ' ' . ' - , f f i, V. 1 i v ' r ' . W 'rn , - t 1 v c: ' j ! It was a gala occasion In the Brooklyn navy yard when the Stara and Stripes were raised over the newest destroyer of Uncle Saru's navy, the U. S. S. Dale, as she received her commission. As the gobs stood stiffly at attention. atten-tion. Admiral Yates Stirling turned the fast, trim new vessel over to William A. Corn, the ship's commander, com-mander, In the formal manner. The Dale Is 3-11 feet long, displaces 1,500 tons and cost $4,000,000 to build. United States government plans call for the expenditure of more than a billion dollars In strensth-ening strensth-ening our land, sea and air defenses. It is also President Roosevelt's Idea to subsidize the merchant marine. |