Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-03

America tomorrow will make
decla ~ation of defiance against German.
cxpi essed in steel and wood. as eighty
or more new ships, flying the American
flag, take to the water in the East
and the West, down al the Gulf and up
along the Great Lakes.
1t will be the worlds greatest launch
ing, and Philadelphia will have a not
able part Eight vessels will glide
into the Delaware River. five cargo
carriers. one transport and two de-
stroyers.
The Pennsylvania shipyard at Glou-
cester will launch the indianapolis. of
1880 tons, the largest ship to take its
maiden dip today. The indianapolis
first was named the william Penn. but
Director General Schwab recently
changed its name at the behest of In
dianapolis business men.
Two Destroyers Included
A close second in size to the Indian
npolis will be the Nebonset. of 10000
tons, to be launched from the Sun yards
at Chester. The transport Santa Teresa
of 1896 tons. will take the water at
Cramps, as will two destroyers, un-
named as yet each of 1900 tons.
At the New York shpyards, in South
Camden, the Scanlon, a cargo carrier of
8100 tons, will be foated. The Traylor
yards, at Cornwells, VIII launch the
cargo ship Alapaha. of $500 tons, and
the Pusey & Jones Co., of Wilmington.
will launch the Aurora, a cargo carrier
Of 1000 tons.
The Government is jealousy guard
ing the exact number of ships that will
be launched tomorrow, but .it Is known
that the new ships tonnage will exceed
by more than 10000 tons the launch
ings for the entire year of 1901, the
record year in American shipbuilding
before the war.
The estimated total tonnage of the
new ships tomorrow is between 465,0OC
and 475,000 tons. Two years ago to-
: day the total tonnage under the Amer
lean flag was 2,4L2,SS1. Many of the
ships represented in that total were no,
in deep-sea service.
Virtually all the launching hereabouts
tomorrow will occur between O'Clock
and noon. so that advantage may be
taken of the tide On the Pacific coast
many of the launchings will be staged
late in the afternoon for the same
reason.
News of every launching in every
section of the country is to be flashed al
once to the headquarters of the Emer
gency Fleet Corporation, 40 NORTH
Broad street. From there the news will
be sent broadcast throughout the
country.
yards in. the country that will not launcl
a ship 1t will start siding vessels into
the Delaware River about August 4.
To France. where the Fourth of July
will be observed as national holiday
, word of the launchings will be conveyed
by cable. Every ship wilr mean "A new
span in the bridge of ships linking
embattled Europe with aroused Amer
lea, and over which will stream mex
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plies and munitions and hundreds o
thousands of armed men,
The launching total tomorrow would
!, be larger were it not for the order o
Edward n. Hurley, chairman of th
shipping board, that no ship be held bacl
for sentimental reasons. AS result
several launchings will be held today il
various parts of the country.
The average tonnage of the cargo YES
sells that will touch the water for th
first time tomorrow is 1000 tons. Tn
largest hull scheduled to leave the way
is the Indianapolis, 500 tons, and tn
smallest is the Pearl. of 23OO tons, t
be launched in Lake Michigan.
The wooden ships launched tomorrow
will exceed the steel ships by a sma
number. About twelve steel vessel
will glide from eastern yards, abou
eleven from yards along the Grea
Lakes and about seventeen from Pacifi
8 coast yards. One steel CargO-carrie
will be floated at Tampa. Fla.
The score for the wooden vessels
about twelve from eastern yards. foul
teen from Gulf yards and twenty-five q
twenty-six from Pacific coast yards
The bulk of the new ships are cargo
carriers, but their number include
transports. tankers and Refrigerator
ships