AMERICAN BUILDING
FULL SPEED IN 1941
EQUIPPING OF BASES
WASHINGTON, December 31
The Secretary of : the' Navy, Colonel Kn'ox, in a. special dispatch to the United Press of America, said:
"The year 1941 will see the navy programme making full speed. Planes, men, r andbasest are all' receiving the strictest attention. The -United States fleet is at present the hardest Tutting fighting unit afloat. By the end of 1941 it' will be immeasurably strengthened by the addition of two battleships, one cruiser, and at least 10 submarines, 14 destroyers, arid also repair ships, submarine and seaplane tenders, submarine chasers and torpedo boats.
"Transports, oil tankers,' ammunition ships, storeships, v minelayers, and sweepers are being converted from merchant ships, already purchased. By the end of 1941 the bases acquired from Britain will be in such condition that no enemy will be able to penetrate bur Atlantic: shores without facing ■ a -fight far from our seaboard. : All projects for air and naval bases in the Pacific are on or ahead of schedule." *
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 1, 2 January 1941, Page 9
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