Twelve Destroyers and Six Submarines Ordered ton, Aug: 7.
Naval construction which will cost the United States approximately {$10,000,000 is expected to begin within ninety days, it was announced here to-'The Navy Department will open bids on August 19 for the construction of twelve destroyers and six submarines, and on September 3 bids will be' received for the building of a floating dock at Pearl Harbour, The addition of a floating dock at Pearl Harbour will complete the full equipment of the mid-Pacific Island which has been chosen as a first line defence for America's west coast, Sixty huge alr liners, said to be vir~ tual fortresses with a cruising range of 2,500 miles, are already under construction and over half of them will be ordered to patrol duty in the Pacific.
The destroyers and submarines for which construction bids will be made this month are to be used to replace obsolete vessels which Navy oMiclals plan to remove from service—United Press,
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