Front:
COPYRIGHT 1906 BY ELEVICK
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U.S. BATTLE-SHIP "VIRGINIA"
49325876576***
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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.
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, 7644 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
men. Built at Newport News in 1904-5.
Cost about $3,590,000.
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