COONTZ’S FAILURE
LESSONS FROM AMERICAN NAVAL CRUISE. (Received Oet. 25, 5 5 p.m.) WASHINGTON. Oct. 24. Admiral Coontz, officially repoiting to the Navy Department on the Australian and Now Zealand tr p. called it the greatest and most sucoesslu cruse ever attempted by the American navy. He urged that similar trips be made every three years. The cruise showed that the efforts to make the fleet self-sustaining for s x montlis were not yet successful, butwere approaching that state. AMnle aeroplanes were useful lie had doubts of the usefulness of.dirigibcs m major fleet operat'ons. The fleet was in a condition to repeat the voyage at-twenty-four hours’ not ce. Ilio total cost was 515,000 dollars. The benefits were naval, national and . interna tuonal -The Australians and New Zealanders had shouTi great hosp tality. Admiral Ooontz. urged the construction of ’plane earners stated that the fleet needed an additional oi'er.—A. and N.Z.C.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 10138, 26 October 1925, Page 5
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