THE FLEET CRUISE
ADMIRAL COONTZ'S REPqRT !
PERIODICAL VOYAGES .RECOMMENDED.
(UNITED PKBSS .ASSOCIATION—COPTRNJHT.) (AUSTKAUAN.NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
WASHINGTON, 24th Oct. Admiral-Coontz, in officially reporting to the Navy Department on the Aus-: tralian and New Zealand trip, called it! the .greatest and most successful cruise: every attempted by ■the American,navy, i ,He urged that,similar trips should ibe: made every three years. The cruise had shown,that the. efforts .to make thofieetl self-sustaining for six mouths were not' yet.successful, :but were approaching: that state. .While aeroplanes were useful, he had doubts of the usefulness of' dirigibles in major fleet operations. The ■ fleet was in a condition to repeat'the voyage" at twenty-four .hours 1' notice.' Ihe total cost was 515,000 dollars. The .benefits were naval,-national, and-inter-national. ,The Australians and New' Zeal.auders had shown great hospitality. Admiral Coontz urgedthe,. construction of aircraft carriers, and stated that the fleet needed an additional oiler.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 101, 26 October 1925, Page 7
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146THE FLEET CRUISE Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 101, 26 October 1925, Page 7
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