<p>PH Coll 794.28</p>
<p>1911 legistlation established units of the Naval Militia in Washington and Oregon and training vessels were secured from the Navy.<br><br>The obsolete protected cruiser CONCORD, a 230-foot veteran of the Battle of Manila Bay, top speed 16.9 knots, built at Chester, PA in 1891, was assigned to the Washington State Naval Militia.  (Source: Newell, Gordon, ed. "The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest." Seattle: The Superior Company, 1966)</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCSH): Concord (Ship); Ships--Washington (State); Military Training--Washington (State)</li></ul>
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circa 1912 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1912-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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