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Old U.S. battleships to be used as gunnery targets
The Navy plans to retire obsolete battleships from the Spanish American War era and convert them into target practice vessels. Indiana leads the list to be disarmed and sunk for gunnery training, followed by Town, Illinois, and Massachusetts while Oregon is spared as a rebuilt survivor.
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Charles N. Lurie
Atlantic
Sam
United States Navy
Indiana
Ito
Chor
Bantiago
Cervera
Spata
Wester Hemisphere
Sampson
Schley
Philip
Agein
New York
Navy Department
Santiagen
Navy
Holmes
Congress
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Saratog
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Texas
Santiag
Ehawisn
Hlinois
Missichusetts
Oregon
San Francisco
Pacific
United States
Mexico
Almeria
South America
Straik of Magellan
Americas
Santiago
Clark