American warships USS Kentucky and Wheeling send to Tampico, Mexico according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant dated 23 March 1916

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An item dated Washington, USA 23 March reported that the American battleship USS Kentucky (1) and the gunboat Wheeling (2) were ordered to go to Tampico, Mexico where revolutionary gangs were active.(3)

Notes

1. BB-6. Part of Kearsage-class, preceded by USS Iowa, succeeded by Illinois-class, ordered on 2 March 1895, laid down by Newport News SB&DD on 30 June 1896, launched on 24 March 1898, commissioned on 15 May 1900, training ship since 1917, decommissioned on 29 May 1920, stricken on 27 May 1922 and sold to be broken up on 24 March 1923.

2. Laid down by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, USA on 11 April 1896, launched on 18 March 1897, commissioned on 10 August 1897 as USS Wheeling Gunboat No. 14, reclassified as Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxuliary IX-28 on 21 January 1923, stricken on 28 March 1946 and sold to be broken up on 5 October 1946.

3. The US army was between 14 March 1916-7 February 1917 active against the paramilitary forces of Francisco Pancho Villa in the State of Chihuahua.