(Short orders, suppers and early breakfasts) a year ago.
Battleships on hand on May 1. 1941 totalled 15, with 17 on order. These include she U.S.S. North Carolina and the USS. Washington, 35,000 ton vessels which have since been commissioned but which have not yet joined the feet, Aircraft -carriers on hand. totalled six, with 12 on order; (Cruisers totalled 37 with 54 On order; Destroyers totalled 165 with 199 on order; Submarines 109 with 78 on order. and the
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.