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Navy Lacks Men; Only One Battleship Fully Manned
DEFENDING the United States today in active sea service there is exactly one warship, the 20,000-ton battleship North Dakota (BB-29), built in 1910. Capt. Thomas J. Senn commanding. With headquarters at Guantanamo, Cuba, Captain Senn commands the entire force that is ready to engage an enemy in either the Atlantic or Pacific. The North Dakota not only is able to navigate the sea at its full 21-knot speed, but could fire every one of its ten 12-inch guns and 14 6-inch guns.
| Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN.
PDF courtesy of The Bemidji Daily Pioneer.(Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 17 November 1919, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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