The battleship is ready for launching. Christened and sponsored by a charming lady, she slides down the ways into the Delaware River, and the second stage is completed. Moored to her fitting-out dock, careful measurements are made and checked for the ship's air conditioning system. Skilled workmen finish a giant smoke stack which will shortly be swung into place aboard the ship. The Torpedo Shop carefully checks and services a vast army of torpedos which will be used aboard other craft to defend the mighty battleship.
Measurements accurate down to a thousandth of an inch are made before a giant turret can be fitted.
Finally, a tremendous turret, machined from start in the Turret Shop and carried to the ship by barge, is swung into place. The ship is now nearing completion. A section of a giant generator is hoisted aboard. . . . And great quantities of supplies and stores of all kinds are checked out of the Supply Department and shipped to the battleship. The Sail Loft furnishes a mattress which will be used in the bunks of the officers and crew. . . .