Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1911 — LAUNCHING OF UNCLE SAM’S NEWEST BATTLESHIP [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LAUNCHING OF UNCLE SAM’S NEWEST BATTLESHIP

WASHINGTON. —The battleship Arkansas, biggest war vessel yet laid down by the United States government, was launched on Saturday, January 14, at Camden, N. J. President Taft witnessed the ceremony, as did Secretary of the Navy Meyer, the governor of Arkansas and other prominent officials. The Arkansas is a 26,000 ton vessel, only 350 tons lighter than the recently launched British “dreadnought” Lion. The American vessel will be more heavily armored than the Lion and equally formidable as a fighting craft