AMERICA'S FLEET
RIVALRY WITH BRITAIN
. . EIGHTEEN NEW BIG SHIPS. <AtSTKAUAN-NRW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received March 23, 2,30 p.m.) ■ ' ..WASHINGTON," 22nd March. .The' United States'.is adding eighteen capital ships to the Fleet, with the object of beating British sea power According to the Chairman of the Naval Committee of the House; of ' Representatives,- the United* States will possess in 1924 forty-seven capital ships,. comparad with Britain's sixty.; but those'of the United States will be more modern, and consequently their gunpower will probably &9 equal.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 70, 23 March 1920, Page 8
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83AMERICA'S FLEET Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 70, 23 March 1920, Page 8
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