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Postcard
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Battleship
Kentucky, Length 375 ft. 4 3/8 in., Breadth 72 ft. 2 1/2 in.,
Draft 23 ft. 10 1/2 in. Place launched Newport News, Virginia.
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Published
by A. C. Bosselman & Co., NY (made in Germany) |
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Postmarked
June 2, 19? |
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Item/Collection
Note: To what lengths must the unidentified sender have gone
to find this reminder of Kentucky? It was sent from Larkspur,
California to Louisville, Kentucky. The battleship Kentucky
was one of 16 battleships forming the "Great White Fleet"
that cruised the world from 1907-1909. It served as a troop
training ship in World War I and was decommissioned in 1920.
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