THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER
FAR EASTERN WARIATISS
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EXPEDITES HUGE US NAVAL QUEENS
BUILDING PROGRAMME
Construction of the super-battle-Washington will be provided with ships North Carolina and Washing-the most complete protection that ton to be among the most power- iskilful design engineering can de ful war vessels ever launched will vise, the navy department an- be pushed at top speed for the ear-nounced. Hiest possible reinforcement of the United States' first line defence.
Equal Of Any
"It is expected that these two War in the Far East and in Spain, with threats of hostilities spreading battleships will be at least the equal to other areas, has expedited, of any in the world with respect to
this type of protection.
•America's greatest naval construc-
"During the past decade all large tion programme since the world war. The treaty navy programme will naval powers have conducted numer reach its climax in two or three ous experiments to determine the ef months with the laying of keels for fectiveness of various types of pro- tection against airplane bombs, the new 35,000-ton dreadnaughts.
From that point on, construction mines and torpedoes. As a result of of the huge, stress loved vands will continue on almost an emer gency basis in order to get them ready for any eventuality.
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powers are satisfied that the up-to- date battleship is not more vulner- able to bombs, mines and torpedoes than to modern guns using high ex- plosive charges. *
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"The decision of the navy depart- The keel-laying ceremonies also ments to proceed with the construc- will mark the beginning of a new tion of battleships verifies the battleship era in the United States pressed opinion of experts of all the Navy. Construction of other types larger naval powers that the battle of vessels, including light and heavy ship continues to be the backbone cruisers, aircraft carriers, destroy of naval powel, regardless of the ad- ers and submarines, has been under vent and improvement of important way for several years, with the re-weapons, such as the airplane bomb, sult that this part of the modernisa-the mine and the torpedo." tion programme in entering the
"home stretch."
Deficiencies
Outstanding deficiencies in the It is expected that in 1939 the navy department will ask congress present United States battleship fleet for additional funds to construct are: two more battleships similar but Obsolete antiaircraft batteries and even more powerful than the North insufficient elevation of turret guns Carolina and Washington.
on the New York and Texas. Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief Obsolet main propelling machin- of Naval Operations, informed con-ery in the Oklahoma, New York and gress last session that the navy de-Texas.
The California, Tennessee, Color partment, in the interests of better national defence, desires to econo-ado, Maryland and West Virginia mise on modernisation of present need modernisation of fire control, battleships with a view to using propelling machinery, increased ar- funds for construction of new ones. mour protection and installation of
the blisters. -- "It is the present desire of navy department to economise on ex- penditures for modernisation of bat tleships insofar as is practicable with the purpose of obtaining replace ments for over-age battleships," Ad- miral Leahy said. `--
However, the battleship division of the United States fleet is said to be in better condition than Great Britain's. Both nations have 15 ca- pital ships, but of this number Bri- tain has only four which are under- "Funds are now available for two age and regarded as modern while replacement battleships and it is ex- the United States has eight. Britain pected that in 1939 funds for the plans to build new capital ships commencement of two more will be within the next few years, to be requested."
Delivery In 1941-
Dates have not yet been set for. laying the keels of the North Caro- lina, at Philadelphia, and the Wash-f ington, at New York, but work pro- bably will begin within three months, Estimated time of constructio these vessels” is 43 means they probably
delivery to the
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