"Jane's" gives. Germany's new capital construction as three battle~ ships, each mounting eight 15-inch guns, and it is believed that a fourth is projected, Ttaly Is stated to be building four battleships, twelve cruisers, ten destroyers, ten torpedo boats, and at Toast thirty submarines, With regard to Japan, it is stated that four battleships are projected, two of which are reported to have been laid down in 1938.
They are believed to displace 40,- 000 tons each, and to be armed with eight or nine 16-inch guns.
It is stated that "independent evidence goes far to support Japanese reports that the Soviet fect, "based on Vladivostok, includes 70 submarines, a: d tty motor torpedo boats."
The book states that three Soviet battleships, each displacing 35,000 tons, are projected, and that they will be armed with nine 16-inch guns cach—Reuter.
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