The Archive · 1940

U.S. Fleet Ready

For War

Washington, Oct. 12.

The Navy Department disclosed last night that the United States Fleet possesses ample stocks of live ammunition to support major fleet For several yents, "1 Navy Depart= iment "spokesman said, American fon stocks have been built shore dumps in the Ni States, and especially: tu Hawai 'The' Navy spok said that if a. portion "of the U: Fleet is sent to the Far East on goodwill tour, for to reinforce the" Asiatic. Fleet it would be necessary 10 increase considerably the present defence works in" Alaska "and Havcaii=—

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