Whole Department Store Aboard Each Battleship
Aboard Elliott Bay battleships there is a floating department store with 21 storerooms and over $1,000,000 in supplies. The ship offers pay checks, a print shop, library, chapel, bank, and numerous services all at cost plus 15 percent. The New Mexico is highlighted as the electric driven flagship, a pioneer in a fully electric battleship with four 7,000 hp motors and two main turbo generators.
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Elliott Bay
Collara
Ballia
Brig
Sick Bay
Posnt
New Mexico
Hugh Rodman
Altho
Mississippi
Elec
J. S. Evans
Uncle Sam
Brest
Sinking of San Diego Under Fire Island Mine
Captain Harley H. Christy led the cruiser San Diego which was sunk July 19, 1918 near Fire Island off the New York coast after striking a mine. The mine was believed to have been set adrift by a German submarine.
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Harley H. Christy
Wyoming
San Diego
Fire Island
New York
Abmarine
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