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Old Sea Fighters To Be Sold

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Parent Issue
Day
24
Month
October
Year
1902
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Washington. Oct. 23. - Owing to the objections made in the past to the sale of the sloop of war Vermont and other condemned vessels which figured in the war of the rebellion, Secretary Moody and Assistant Secretary Darling have reconsidered the plan of selling the monitors Nahant, Lehigh, Montauk, Canonicus and Jason at the League Island navy yard until after congress shall have had an opportunity to make special provision to that end. These vessels have been condemned as useless for naval purposes. The old iron gunboat Monocacy, whose cruising for many years past has been necessarily confined to the quiet waters of the Peiho, the river which connects Pekin with the sea, has also outlived her usefulness and will undoubtedly be stricken from the naval list in a short time.