Thursday, February 14, 2013

Arkansas Runs Aground.

New York Times 100 years ago today, February 14, 1913:
Battleship Gets Off Coral Reef, but Water Enters Compartments.
    CAIMANERA, Cuba, Feb. 13.— The United States battleship Arkansas ran on a coral reef 400 yards west of Ceiba Reef at 6 o'clock this morning. Later the warship slipped off the reef and anchored.
    How seriously the Arkansas was damaged has not yet been ascertained, but water entered some of her compartments. A survey of the vessel was begun at once.

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