Show one more destroyer Is launched rn n Z 4 ii 4 42 T IS 4 QA k vi I 1 IV J 1 I 1 I 1 J IM g aw 2151 view of the launching of the new 1830 1850 ton destroyer leader balea at the bethlehem shipbuilding plant at fore river raver mass this foot warship one of four of a new development in navy vessels built or building was named for rear admiral george deal beal balch mexican and civil war naval hero and was sponsored by his grandeau grand granddaughter dau ahter miss gertrude balch of wilmington del the armament of the balch will include a torpedo tube and five inch guns |