Naval experts viewed the move as he first step toward the defence of canada, basing this view on their relict that the United States should control the sea at Toast 500 miles rom the shore.
Some observers pointed out that the pecial concentration was ordered for he day following the address by Herr Adolf Hitler during the Nuremberg. Naa rally.
The special squadron is composed of the 10,000-ton cruisers Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Savannah, Nashville, Boise, Honolulu and Phoenix, and the des: royers Mugford, Ralph Talbot, Helm, shaw, Sommers, Warrington and Samson.
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