San Diego, Mar. 12.
Continuing extensive preparations for the defence of the Pacific Coast, the Navy has sent an undisclosed number of submarines to Alaska, the United Press learned here to-day.
The fleet of submarines apparently will be attached to the proposed fleet and air base to be established at Sitka, Alaska. A large squadron of Navy bombers already are en route to Sitka for the establishment of the new Navy base and other planes will take off on the long flight along the west coast soon.
Some observers speculated, however, whether the submarines might participate in the new patrol of the Behring Sea to keep foreign fishing boats which fail to respect American salmon conservation laws out of American waters. Six of the fastest patrol boats in the Coast Guard service soon will begin the new patrol. The Coast Guard cutters carry five-inch guns and aeroplanes—United Press,
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