Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1913 — WILL BE THE WORLD’S BIGGEST BATTLESHIP [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WILL BE THE WORLD’S BIGGEST BATTLESHIP

This is the navy department’s official sketch of the battleship Pennsylvania, which will be larger than any other warship ever built by any nation. Its tonnage will be 31,000, its length 600 feet and its beam 97 feet, which IS almost the limit for safe passage through the Panama canal locks. The total cost of the Pennsylvania ready for service will be about 114,000,000.