Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1907 — Government Best Ship Builder. [ARTICLE]

Government Best Ship Builder.

Tbe battleship Connecticut, the first of its class to be bnilt by tbe government instead of by private contract, in a series of runs over a measured course off the Maine coast has proved herself better than her sister ship, the Louisiana, built by the Newport News Company. The Connecticut made an average speed of 18.73 knota for her five best runs, and ber fastest mile was 19.01, not allowing for tidal corrections. The best average of tba Louisiana was 18.59 for fire runs.