According to the best available information, Russia has three old battleships, all built in 1911 and said to be of litle value as fighting units. They are slow, carry relatively light mour and have extremely limited radio.
Three new dreadnoughts, of 25,000- ons each, are under construction or fare projected. Little has been heard fof these vessels, however, and reliaable quarters doubt if much, or any, Progress has been made on them.
Other Russian naval units alloat include nine cruisers, one aircraft carrier and G7 destroyers. A few other vessels in these eatezories are battleships afloat. and one: ated ight more building, The Island Empire has more than twice as many destroyers as Russia, five times as many cruisers many more smaller craft, In jon, Japan has seven aircraft Soviets also have been ce pelled to keep some warships int Black Sca and it is probable that this force will have to be it result of Germany's bases there, Shortly after Rumani fell into the Axis orbit it was 1 ported that Hitler was sending small submarines by rail to new German bases on Rum: fan territory alony Fleet Stronger Other Red fect units must be maintained in the Baltic. With the absorption of Estonia, Lithuania ind sia obtained a new and relatively Jong naval frontier which must be In the Baltic, ax in the Black Sea, Russia has the small but moder German navy to contend with, building.
'A comparison of Red naval tonnage with that of other powers docs not toll the whole story of Russia's weak+ ness at sea.
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