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Show U. S. S. Cruiser Augusta To Be Launched Soon Wcfd has just been received that Liifht Cruiser 31, me U. S. S. Augusta Aug-usta v.-ill be launcned at Newpoit, IVews, Virginia, in February, 1930. " She will be christened by Miss Eve-!-.n McDnnisl ci Augusta, Georgia. Hie A'l'justa is the sixth cruiser to bunched of the eight authorized l.y Onwss in 1924. This vessel -s the third to be named Augusta in lie United Slates Navy. She will be armed similar to the Salt Lake ' Citv and Pensacola. excepting she earn niilv 9-8 inch guns instead of 10. The first Augusta was a brig arm-( arm-( d with r;irttM5n guns and a crew of K) men, built in 1799. In command jot I.icnienant Archibald MeElroy she was part of Commodore Tal- ! sritn Squadron in the West Indies, m the Quasi war with France in ;I8C0. She captured the vessels I r.'Espoire, L'VIctoire, LaJeanne, Le Rupublicain and with the U. S. S. H-?rfcM raptured the LeMutine. She Fold 'n 1801. The second Aug-u: Aug-u: la was a paddle wheel steamer 13f:d tons ur:i-d as a part of the Union Un-ion Blocudins Squadron during the Civil War. |