U.S. WARSHIPS FOR BRITAIN
Ninety-nine To Be Transferred ■ I DELIVERY SPREAD OVER YEAR Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright WASHINGTON, March 13. (Received March 14, at 9 a.m.) It i,s authoritatively stated that the United States plans to transfer 99 warships to Britain during 1941, including:— Seventeen over-age destroyers. Eighteen mosquito torpedo boats. Fifty-five submarine chasing patrol boats. Nine over-age submarines. It is understood that the transfers will be timed so that only a short period will elapse before each ship is replaced by vessels at present under construction. The mosquito and patrol vessels will be transferred first, since they can be replaced the soonest. Naval experts said the monthly construction cost in 1932 was under 3,000,000d01. The Navy Department is now working toward a monthly rate exceeding 100,000,000d01. Without exception every naval ship under construction will be completed ahead of schedule. The Ships Bureau had acquired 161 commercial vessels, costing 86,000,000d01, and had spent 76,000,000d0l in converting them to naval purposes.
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Evening Star, Issue 23834, 14 March 1941, Page 7
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