22 NEW SHIPS.
FOR AMERICAN NAVY. AT A COST <OF 327,000,000 DOLLARS (Received This Day, 1.10 p.m.) WASHINGTON, June 12. The Navy has announced that' contracts totalling 327,000,000 dollars have been awarded for 22 new ships, including two battleships, eight 'destroyers, two cruisers and six submarines. President Roosevelt is planning to place all Government Navy yards and arsenals on a 24-hour-day, three shift basis to accelerate rearmament.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 210, 13 June 1940, Page 6
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