Washington, Jan. 15
IHE Navy Department announced today that 113 United States warships will visit the Caribbean after the completion of Fleet Problem XX" in the current Atlantic and Caribbean man-œuvres. The combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets will visit a number of Caribbean ports as an impressive display of the naval power of the United States, it was indicated. Later, the ships will tour the atlantic coast, permitting Americans along the eastern seaboard to see the largest fleet of American warships to be concentrated in the Atlantic in five years.
Dates for the various visits have not yet been revealed, but they were expected to begin in early April since the manceuvres are expected to be completed by then, with the exception of gunnery precüce which is planned after the tour of Caribbean and Atlantic ports.
Various classes of vessels to comprise the huge fleet include battleships, destroyers, aircraft carriers and cruisers, the Navy announcement said. They will call at ports in Haiti, Puerto Rice, the Windward Islands, Marti-unique, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, St. Christopher, Trinidad and the Netherlands West Indies.
Only three vessels, the cruisers Northampton, Pensacola end Sal: Lake City, will visit the mainland. These will call at Gartagena, Columbia.
After the visits, the fleet will return to Guantanamo, Cuba, the base in the present manœuvres. Gunnery practice and miscellaneous exercises will be held before the enormous display of power is terminated.
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