NEW U.S. BATTLESHIP
LAUNCHED AHEAD OF SCHEDULE | ißec. 9.55 a.m.) Portsmouth (Virgina). Feb. 16. j The 35.000-ton battleship Alabama ! was launched nine months ahead of schedule, being the sixth battleship un_ J iter the defence programme, j Immediately the vessel struck the ! water the keel of the 45.000 ton Kcn- ! lucky was laid. j Colonel Knox. Secretary of the Navy, ; said: "To-day we know beyond doubt j that the burden on our navy is the i greatest in our history. Not only ‘ must we protect our shores and coastal I commerce, but we must check the surging flood of Japanese aggression in | the Antipodes until we are able to muster sufficient forces to send it hur- ' ling back whence it came.” —P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 17 February 1942, Page 5
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