REVIEWS, NOTES AND COMMENTS
BY THE EDITOR
SILVER SERVICE OF THE BATTLESHIP OHIO
Through the prompt and effective aid of
Senator
Frank B. Willis and the cordial
co-operation of Gover-
nor A. V. Donahey, there have been
transferred from
the Navy Department of the United
States to the cus-
tody of the Ohio State Archaeological
and Historical
Society the silver service of the
Battleship Ohio, the
loving cup presented by Miss Helen
Deshler who chris-
tened the battleship, and the large
bronze bell carried
for more than two decades by this
famous war vessel.
The Society has also received a large
and very beau-
tiful silk flag made by members of the
crew of the bat-
tleship, used on its first voyage and
later presented to
Miss Deshler together with the Naval
Jack floated by
the Ohio. These flags were
presented by Mrs. William
G. Deshler. With the silver service,
the loving cup and
the bell they make a very notable
addition to the mu-
seum collection of the Society. The
Battleship Ohio
was launched at San Francisco, May 18,
1901. It was
scrapped April 16, 1923, in accordance
with interna-
tional agreement on Limitation of Naval
Armaments.
A full history of the Ohio with
a detailed account of
the launching ceremonies will be published
in the next
issue of the QUARTERLY.
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