AMERICAN NAVAL TASK
NEW BATTLESHIP LAUNCHED KEEL OF ANOTHER LAID DOWN (Unlfprl Press Assn.— Elec. Tel. Cooxrlg-tit) (Received Feb. 17, 10.30 a.m.) PORTSMOUTH( Virginia), Feb. 16 The 35,000-tons battleship Alabama was launched today, nine months ahead of schedule. She is the sixth battleship under the defence programme. Immediately the vessel struck the water the keel of the 45,000-tons battleship Kentucky was laid. Colonel Knox, Secretary to the Navy, in a speech said: “Today we know beyond doubt the burden on our Navy is the greatest in history. Not only must we protect our shores and coastal 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 hurling back whence it came.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 130, Issue 21656, 17 February 1942, Page 3
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