UNITED STATES NAVY
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(BXITEB r?.CSS AISOCIATIOK.—CSPTRiaHT.) (Received August 27, 2.30 p.m.) ■ , WASHINGTON, 25th'August. . The Navy Department has published a' report ihowing the relative strength of the American and British navies. It shows that the Dreadnought tonnage" of. the United States Navy in 1923 will be 1,160.000 tons, of which sixteen units will bo battleships mounting 16-inch guns. There are now 19 ships of the Dreadnought type in. the United States Navy, which will be increased to 35 by 1923. There will also be six giant battle-cruisers each of 43,500 tons displacement, and ten new light-cruisers, which will be the speediest ! afloat.
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Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 50, 27 August 1920, Page 8
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103UNITED STATES NAVY Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 50, 27 August 1920, Page 8
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