Washington, Mar. 6.
Under the Vinson Navy Expansion Bill the United States Navy's building programme calls for the construction of 7
Three battleships, to bring the total to 18; two aircraft-carriers, to bring the total to eight; eight cruisers, to bring the total to 47; 25 destroyers, to bring the total to' 147; nine submarines, to bring the total to 58; and 1,000 naval aeroplanes, to bring the total to 3,000, The programme is estimated to require an increase of about 1,200 officers and 20,000 men.
The total tonnage of the three new battleships, of which two only would be laid down in 1938, will be 105,000, and the tonnage of the eight cruisers 68,500.—Reuter.
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