People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1896 — OUR NEW BATTLESHIP. [ARTICLE]

OUR NEW BATTLESHIP.

Hiss Vary Lord Drake Christen* the lowa at Philadelphia. The lowa, fourth and last of the firstclass battleships authorized by congress several years ago, was launched at Cramp’s shipyard Saturday amid enthusiastic cheers of thousands of spectators. When she slipped from cradle and dipped her virgin keel in the waters of the Delaware, Uncle am's new navy received the most powerful fighting vessel afloat. Miss Mary Lord Drake, daughter of the governor of lowa, named the big .aval baby. When Miss Drake chriscneil the ship her father stood beside her and near at hand were the memi rrs of his staff and a party of other iCst inguished Icrwaiis. Secretary of ne Navy Herbert was there, with imminent attaches of his office, and so verb the chiefs of the different naval Hireaits in Washington and members >i the house and senate committees on ....vui affairs. Governor Hastings rep- • iA- cnted Pennsylvania and Mayor ai wick Philadelphia.