AMERICAN NAVY
BIG REDUCTION ADVOCATED
NEW YORK, August 26.
Advocating. that the United States Fleet should be substantially reduced, Admiral Raymond Spruance, commander of the U.S. sth Fleet, said: "The only countries with major fleets are Britain and ourselves. We are certainly not getting ready to fight each other and I cannot see a situation arising where the British and American people would tolerate trouble.
"We cannot maintain the present size of the navy. It is too much of a draw on the country. . "Some modern ships will be only in reserve, some will be sold, and some scrapped." The Secretary of the Navy, Mr. James V. Forrestal, estimated that the navy after the war would consist of 400 ships and 8000 planes in active commission, and that the remainder of the ships would be only a reserve.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 49, 27 August 1945, Page 5
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