1937-11-06 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 6, 1937.

UNITED STATES SHANT BUILDING GREATEST NAVAL AIR FORCE IN HISTORY

Aireach

three

battleship carriers planes, heavy cruisers four and light cruisers two.

The United States Naval Force-ready reputed to be "Far the most efficient in existence will reach the greatest strength in its history when the recently com missioned air-craft carrier York-Bill makes available for purchase town becomes and active unit of of new aircraft $14,186,000 by way the fleet.

The 1938 Naval Appropriation

of appropriation, and $15,000,000 by way of contract authorisation for new craft, making a total of

29,186,000,

With addition of the Yorktown, the Navy will have a mobile air force which could be concentrated on any objective of at least 430 planes. This figure, exclusive of cluding

The 1938 procurement funds, in- contract authorisations,

navy planes assigned to land sta-will be employed as follows: tions, is derived from the number aboard the carriers and war vessels.

IN EMERGENCY

In event of an emergency, the mobile force probably could be aug- mented by more than 100 additional planes, but the exact number is 2 Navy Department secret.

Four squadrons of 18 planes each or a total of 72, will be assigned to the Yorktown, bringing the mini- mum strength of the carriers in- cluding the Saratoga, Lexington and Ranger, up to 288 planes of all classifications.

251 replacement airplanes, $10,- 386,000.

104 airplanes as additional in- crement, $7,894,000:

42 airplanes for naval $1,580,000.

2 nonrigid airships, $275,000. Increase of inspection force, $51

900.

VERY SIGNIFICANT

This huge replacement and mod- ernisation of the naval air arm is regarded- additionally significant by foreign observers in Washington in the light of a statement made Meanwhile, present plans call for nearly a year ago by Admiral Wil- the commissioning within the next liam D. Leary, chief of Naval Opera- few months of the Enterprise, sis-tions, who said: tership of the Yorktown, which also

will be assigned 72 planes. In the "I may say that our air force at carrier division alone, this will the present time is acknowledged give the navy a minimum of 360 by all foreign navies to be far the aircraft; and it is conservatively most efficient in existence.” estimated that at least 20 addition- al planes could be placed aboard each ship.

NEW FUNDS

During the current fiscal year the navy department will spend $3,500,000 on airplane experimental and development work, $1,000,000 of which will be spent exclusively The Yorktown and the Enterprise for construction of a "special pro- will compose carrier division two totype patrol plane of exceptional of the feet battle force and will be high performance characteristics.

Admiral commanded by Rear

Com- Although the trend seems to be Charles A. Blakely, former mandant of the Naval Air Station toward development of the air arm, at Pensacola, Florida.

high officials of the navy depart- ment still cling to the belief that

In addition to the air strength the battleship is the backbone of concentrated aboard the carriers, the fleet. ·-

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