Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-06
BY LESTER 3. KARELLE.

%, judging from persistent rumori
aboard that ship, IL is possible tina
she VIII be placed IN reserve upon tn,
completion Of target practise. which
means that one Of Uncle Sans cracl
fighting craft has passed the stage o.
her highest efficiency. This can bt
hardly said OF the Maryland, for with
the exception Of deterioration due tc
In many ways much better battle
craft than she was few years ago
The Maryland is unique in her class
in that she has never been in reserve
from the date Of her first commission
ing. April Is. 1905, but during a period
Of time lasting nearly IL years. she
has always been in full commission,
and has travelled further than any
other ship of her type.
In 1908 the Maryland, with Lieut..
cmdr. Henedson as ordnance officer,
captured the much coveted gunnery
trophy In competition against all first
class ships, battleships,. etc, and again
in 1910, when Lieut.. Tomb was ord
nance officer, she repeated this per-
Torrance.
The following year the engineering
department under Lieut.-cmdr. Shap-
ley, not 70 De outoone Dy tne oeck
force. won the engineering trophy ana
for the following year the req
was displayed on the stack OF the
Maryland. These two trophies, the
gunnery pennant and the engineering
trophy "a splendid bronze tablet, are
presented by the navy department 70
: the ship making the best record LOT
the fiscal year.
Leads IN Athletics.
Nor has the Maryland tailed 70 ols-
tinguish herself IN otner INES. IN
athletics she has always. been an &C
tive contender IN the sports OF the ras
CHIC fleet and IN lootDaii LOT the last
four years she mas nelo the meet cna,l-
pionship. SO that the handsome trophy
presented by the navy department mas
come to seem permanent MIXTURE IN
the reading room. - :.
Inc ef.,orea sIn,se. ,sl ,s..u = =
sV1 80. lons, 70 sa...s.es-.T.t ~
breadth and has displacement q
1900 tons. Her main oa..e5y Son.
eIsts q lou. e-ineI,s suns' .,oual.
ca ~ me 20. "s5u anu eassl r -. 49, ~,
ana 2-'. .''a 2vee.. - 20 . ,,,,.h
eecoloeIt potsS a s1e .es - ~ ,.,rs
5V-cai. guns, ana many au s.as 49, tss.
and one FOUNDERS. an auui.ioh - .n,s
she has two snpmerkeo l peue
tubes she e equipped Win $1,000 y.
4 WILCOX poiiers ana mas uiple-e
panslon reciprocatlnk 80 eh t Ssns
bic OF developing 1e'vvv nolse po"s'
and can make q knoes spe - ,,i..
Tne maryland was ~. ~ IN
sion az Newpors News, va. s.,
p. m, April IL, lsv9, Win eap.. novsas
r. lngersoh as ner nrse coLlln.s.,I,ns
officer Here her nrst crew was .tno 9,
on Doar1 sna LLoln I ne. s',1 ~ NAV ts
on ner snakeo l.aa sh .p1 Na ns Atlantic
20, tsvo, sly sg.sn rro,, Nav mn.
fleet At Newport r. I riun NE a.,,e ~.
I'll August sne Mas aions VIZ ~. s. go
part OF the coast n eleu p y.
around Newport, bosIon os .Iang
town ana the various 1919 1919 800
the Rhode Island ana Massacnuse''s
shore. - r...~
She then vent down - Sape -.on -,
and held her nrst target pLacllse o.
the southern drill srounus; le en- .hs
around Norfolk, va, nhsss avs
Christmas holidays.
Went 70 West lnoles. ,ooe - ant
At the beginning Oh Lsvo s s.s steat
to Guantanamo pay, euo Lite, .o stop.
maneuvers and bstue pracs,se; sud end
ping en- route at Sulepra Ss W. :. n
Antigua, West males. Sn5 If
Cuban waters until tne v ss - Sew
April when she proSeeueu - a.
York, and after spenolls no oa.. ~
the Brooklyn navy yard. was sen'
Annapoiis. fIom n .-l 49, p's the- nro-
turned 70 New iOrh, au 49,, end
ceeded along the coas. VI l .ntsI
Massachusetts, remainA1s .uo.e s.a-e5
the end Of August wnen sne .sa &c.
to make her trip 10 the ASIAN
ton. 49, stb
Leaving Newport, X. IL on ,.s sne 49,, 80
of September, IN company Win s .he
other sister ships tine pig rou, 81.
crossed the Atlanuc' stoppius .hare
braltar, Spain, and remalns ~, 80
five days. From Gibraltar sue 49,
Palermo, Sicily. and thence W - as tor