Front:
COPYRIGNT I50S BY ELEVICK N.Y
U. S. BATTLE-SHIP *“VIRGINIA"
Back:
Compliments of The Prudential Insurance Company of America
Incorporated as a Stock Company by the State of New Jersey
Home Office, Newark, N. J.
Hero
THE VIRGINIA, of the American Navy,
is a first class battle-ship and belongs to the
super-posed turret class. Displacement, 14,948
tons. Length, 435 feet. Width, 76% feet.
Draft, 2334 feet. Horse-power, 19,000.
Armament: 4 12-inch guns; 8 8-inch;
12 6-inch; 12 3-inch; 12 3-pounders ;
8 1-pounders; 8 machine guns ; 2 light guns.
Speed, 19 knots. Crew, 743 officers and
Built at Newport News in 1904-5.
Cost about $3,590,000.
men.
