Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1916 — LAUNCH OF DESTROYER WILKES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LAUNCH OF DESTROYER WILKES

The United States torpedo-boat destroyer Wilkes sliding down the ways at Cramp’s shipyard, Philadelphia, and, on the left, Miss Carrie Mclver, who christened the new vessel. The Wilkes is 315 feet long, displaces 1,110 tons and has a contract speed of 29% knots.