New-York tribune., 1911-10-25
FIFTEEN BATTLESH|PS
ANCHOR IN HUDSON
Advance Guard Of the Biggest
Gathering Of WarCraft Here
for Review.
TO BE HUNDRED IN ALL
Thousands Watch from Shore as
Dreadnoughts Steam Up the
River as Far as Grant's s
Tomb.

%ev York Yesterday saw the advance
guard Of what is TO he the largest and
most powerful feet ever assembled in
an port Of the New World. Fifteen
battleships. all practically Of the Dread
,ought class. steamed slowly and ma
iesticslly up the harbor and proceeded
% an anchorage i'm the Hudson Cf
Grants tomb There by Monday lo2
ships of all types in the navy will he at
anchor 70 await the greatest naval re-
view. IN American history.
President Taft was to be the review
ing officer hut his Western tour inter
tered with his plans. In his place Sec
retry Meyer will act. He, with num-
be- OF Representatives from various
states. will review tho ships from the
Presidents Yacht. the Mayfower, on
November / At the same time in the
hsrbor Of Los Angeles there will be a
review Of tuenty-four other fighting
ships of Uncle Sans navy.
The vessels arriving Yesterday will be
iolned dsv by day by other war craft
until Monday. when there will gather
here the entire feet. consisting Of
twenty -four battleshps, two srmored
cruisers. two cruisers. twenty-five de-
stroyers. sixteen torpedo boats, eight
submarines three torpedo tenders. four
runboats. eight Collicrs. an oil tanker,
three tugs and nine others including
hospital ships, supply ships. mine layers.
repair ships and ammunition ships.
These have a total displacement Of 81
2Nj tons They will be manned by thirty
thousand officers and mon. Thousands
of the latter roamed through the city
last night.
Thousands Line the Shores.
The fifteen hattleships came up from
Hampton Roads and anchored on Mon
dsv night ten miles southeast Of the
Ambrose Channel Lightship At 1890
=. m. yesterday they steamed in single
column formation past Sandy Hook.
Word Of their coming had been sent by
wireless and the procession up the
Lower BAY. the harbor and the river
was most inspiring. Thousands viewed
il from the Battery, from the piers all
qlons the river. from the windows OF
the skyscrap pers and from tho Jersey
heights. Steadily. = hundred Yards
apart. with their gray sides giving no
reflection Of the sun. the floating forts
slowly moved through the water.
Steamships steam yachts and every
tni0s sHoat which boasted OF 2 whistle
or = sire. shrieked a deafening welcome
while the vessels which lacked a--.
noise producing machine simply dipped
their colors.
About a mile below Grants Torr
Rear Admiral Osterhaus lot 60 the an
,hor Of his flagship. the Connecticut
The other ships fled past her. and in
single column moved NJ the river. Then
f~ double formation. the ships anchored
two hundred wards apart. The first d.
r.sion consisted Of the Connecticut, tn,
Michigan and the North Dakota the
second of the Louisiana, the Vermont
the South Carolina and the New Hamp-
shire. the third Of the Minnesota. the
Mississippi. the Missouri and the OHIO
and the fourth OF the Georgia, the Ne
b-sska. the New Jersey and the Viz
ginis. These ships left Hampton Roads
ou Saturday. and on their way up they
engaged in manpuvres at sea.
Rushing Work on the Florida
The battleship Florida is being rushed
o. completion at the navy ward here.
Workmon are sWarniug over her, allow
ard aloft. There is confusion Of gear
rs yet on her quarterback. and along
the sides painters in bos'n chairs and
ou floats are giving the new ship her
first coat Of war paint. Small boats
and cutters are being swung aboard.
The officers said last evening that she
surely would be ready for the review.
and il was their belief that she would
-e made the flagship of the fleet after
she had Joined it.
In the main channel of the navy yard
there also lies the battieship Utah.
which arrived after her first sea cruise.
and a. Cob Dock the Delaware. which
Was the prize ship Of the worlds feet
sssembIed for the coronation of George
v. IS stationed Both win be in the big
SHOW. In one of the smaller docks is
The Presidents yacht. the Mayfower.
she is getting a fresh coat Of white