Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1910 — CRUISERS TO THE JUNK PILE. [ARTICLE]

CRUISERS TO THE JUNK PILE.

Vessels That Were Leaders In Their Class May Be Condemned. At Philadelphia a ,naval" board headed by Rear Admiral Thomas have began the task at the local navy yard of passing upon the fate ofthree cruisers which but a few years ago were the undisputed leaders in their classes. The vessels are the armored cruiser Brooklyn and the protected cruisers Columbia and Minneapolis, built as the commerce destroyers of the navy. The three cost over $8,500,000, exclusive of their armament. The fate of several old monitors, including the Mianitonamah, which also todk part in the Spanish war, will likewise be decided.