RETURNED TO AMERICA
FIVE HUNDRED WARSHIPS LONDON, October 20. Five hundred warships are being returned to the United States from Britain, says the ‘ Sunday Express ’ naval correspondent. All were built in American shipyards and transferred to the Iloyal Navy, mainly to combat the U-hoat menace. Included are 35 escort aircraft carriers, 7 submarines and many minesweepers and patrol craft, ft is believed all will he scrapped.
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Evening Star, Issue 25620, 22 October 1945, Page 6
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