Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1893 — The Last of the Old Navy. [ARTICLE]

The Last of the Old Navy.

There are a few of the old wooden ships left, and the Department will in future, as far as possible, keep them on the home stations and supply their places abroad with new ships, which will not only-make a more creditable showing, but by their greater speed will be able to cover more territory and render prompter service when they are called upon. Among the old wooden ships which will be ordered home this year is the Lanoaser, flagship of the Asiatic station, obsolete in design, slow, and not suited for the flagship of so important a station. Her place will be taken by one of the ships at the naval review, probably the Baltimore, and three of the smaller vessels will accompany her to China. The Adams and Monican have only a short time left for efficient service, and before the close of this Administration the last of the wooden vessels of the old Navy will probably have disappeared from the register, sold for coal barges or else broken up for their iron.—[Washington Star.