Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1915 — Destroyer Launched. [ARTICLE]

Destroyer Launched.

The torpedo boat destroyer Wadsworth, the first in this country to be driven entirely through gearing, was launched Thursday at the yard of the Bath, Me., Iron Works. The'new boat is 315 feet long and has a speed of 30 knots an hour. She will burn oil fuel.