From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #11575 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Saturday, June 10 2023 Volume 14 : Number 11575 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Leave your feedback and you could WIN! ["Texas Roadhouse Opinion Requeste] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2023 17:15:28 +0200 From: "Texas Roadhouse Opinion Requested" Subject: Leave your feedback and you could WIN! Leave your feedback and you could WIN! http://eyessightmax.today/nf52BbhmGe0YEMCWoWQUpAZg1LDuBiK4cemlxDOEJ5epakXSPA http://eyessightmax.today/2zTt73ZFUdJA9hi7ZIifv8fBYvRDfDw7GInMeDe6ReTFURC8dg Construction of the ships was authorized on 30 June 1890, and the contract for Massachusettsbnot including guns and armorbwas awarded to William Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia, who offered to build it for $3,020,000. The total cost of the ship was almost twice as high, approximately $6,000,000. The contract specified the ship had to be built in three years, but slow delivery of armor plates and guns caused a delay. Her keel was laid down on 25 June 1891, and she was launched two years later on 10 June 1893. The launching ceremony was attended by thousands of people, including Secretary of the Navy Hilary A. Herbert, and Commander George Dewey. Her preliminary sea trial did not take place until March 1896, because of the delays in armor and gun deliveries. At this point Massachusetts was almost complete, and her official trial was held a month later. Massachusetts was commissioned on 10 June 1896, with Captain Frederick Rodgers in command. She had her shakedown cruise between August and November 1896, followed by an overhaul at the New York Navy Yard. In February 1897, she made a short voyage to Charleston, South Carolina. The battleship departed New York, again in May, for Boston, where a celebration in her honor was held. For the next ten months the warship participated in training maneuvers with the North Atlantic Squadron, off the coast of Florida, and visited several major ports on the American east coast. On 27 March 1898, she was ordered to Hampton Roads, Virginia, to join the Flying Squadron, under Commodore Winfield Scott Schley, for the blockade of Cuba. SpanishbAmerican War Painting of USS Massachusetts After the outbreak of the SpanishbAmerican War, the Flying Squadron steamed to Key West. There, Schley met with Rear Admiral Sampson, who had ju ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #11575 ***********************************************