An item referred to the magazine Schiffbau number 3which reported the use of the USS Katahdin on 21st September as a target, now by the USS Wyoming which was testing for different ranges the angles of the shells fired by her heavy guns falling on or off the target.(1)
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1. Launched at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine on 4 February 1893, launched on 20 February 1896, commissioned on 8 October 1898, stricken on 9 July 1909 and sunk as a target iIn September 1909 off Rappahannock Spit, Virginia. Built according to the ideas of Daniel Ammen (15 May 1820 Brown County, Ohio-11 July 1898 Washington) served in the US navy during the Civil War and afterwards leaving in 1878 actual service in the rank of rear admiral. He was also author of maritime oriented publications. For the Katahdin-design he used the designs of the British torpedo ram HMS Polyphemus
