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Warships Head for Junk Heap in Navy Scrapping
Washington July 13. Navy Department orders break up and sale for junk or use as targets for 12 battleships long central to US naval glory. Veterans include Oregon Iowa Massachusetts Indiana and other famed ships from Spanish American War and World War I service.
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Washington
Navy Department
Oregon
Iowa
Indiana
Massachusetts
Kentucky
Kearsarge
Alabama
Illinois
Wisconsin
Ohio
Missouri
Maine
San Francisco
Mare Island Navy Yard
United States
Spain
Golden Gate
West Indies
Cape Horn
South America
Key West
Clark
Santiago
Cuba
Schley
Santiago de Cuba
Philippines
Vizcaya
Colon
Guantanamo
Texas
Reina Mercedes
Tangier Sound
Chespeake Bay
Egon
West Coast
Naval Academy
Kear- Sarge
New York
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
Mediterranean
Navy Yard
Newport
R. I
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Naval Historical Museum
Commonwealth
Olympia
Dewey
Manila Bay
Sampson
Brooklyn