NAVAL VESSELS
TO VISIT HERE
DURING SUMMER
Six U.S. Destroyers Sched
uled to Arrive in Alas
kan Waters for \ lsit
Four destroyers of the United
States Navy are scheduled to visit
Alaska during the summer, accord
ing to information received from |
the Navy Department by Delegate \
A. J. Dimond. leaving in July and I
visiting Ketchikan, Wrangell. Ju- |
neau, Skagway. Cordova and Sew- i
ard for a month's stay in Ala-kan
waters. Those to make the trip |
are, the U. S. S. Perry, U. S. S.
Trcver. W. S. S. Wasmuth, and U. (
S. S. Zane. I
In addition to the four named,
two other destroyers, the U. S. S.
Wm. B Preston and the U. S. S.
NoLa are tentatively scheduled to
make a trip to Southeast Alaska
with a group of Naval Reserves
according to the movement report
of the United States Fleet Battle
Force, issued on May 15.
Preston on Way
The U. S. S, Wm. B. < Preston
left Vancouver, B. C.. for Alaska
at C o'clock la-t Monday morning
according to the Vancouver papers,
four days ahead of the date sched
uled on the moventsnt report. The
U. S. S. Nola was to leave for Krt
chikan from the Puget Sound Navy
Yard and to arrive in Ketchikan
about the same time as the Pres
ton.
The itinerary of the two vessels
as given in the tentative schedule,
is: Arrive in Ketchikan June 116,
and leave June 28, arrive in Ju
neau June 29 and leave June 30,
arrive Skagway June 30 and leave j
July 3. arrive Sitk.a July 4 and
leave July 8, arrive Prince Rupert
July 9 and continue south.
