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Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No 2324, "U. S. Navy-Battleships"
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN.
BATTLESHIP "MAINE". Thus named to perpetuate
the memory of the famous American warship destroyed in
Havana Harbor just prior to the Spanish-American war. 394
feet in length, 72 feet in breadth, and has a displacement of
nearly 14,000 tons. Speed, 18 knots per hour. Horse-power,
16,000. Cost, about $2,885,000. Armament comprises four
12-inch breech loading rifles of latest approved pattern and
sixteen 6-inch guns, in addition to two dozen quick firers.
Complement, 35 officers and 614 meu.
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