FIFTEEN CRUISERS
AMERICA'S NAVAL PROGRAMME WASHINGTON, February 18. It is understood that the House of Representatives Naval Committee will roach an agreement within a few days on a five-year programme of not more than fifteen 10,000-ton cruisers, with authorisation for the construction of ten more cruisers at the President’s discretion, when funds are available. The costs are thus cut down from 740,000, OOOdol to 264,000,000d01.
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Evening Star, Issue 19795, 20 February 1928, Page 4
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65FIFTEEN CRUISERS Evening Star, Issue 19795, 20 February 1928, Page 4
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