U.S.A. NAVY CONTRACTS
FOR 12 VESSELS. GOVERNMENT TO BUILD 12 MORE (Received August 16 at S.lO p.m.) WASHINGTON. August 15. The United States Navy Department to-day published the bids for twelve vessels forming half of the 1934-35 navy building programme The remainder of the vessels will b*» constructed in the Government Navv vards. Estimates of the cost of two tenthousand ton eruisecs, two heavy do-
ttroyers, and three submarines aggre gate seventy-two million dollars which is almost one-third more than was 'originally expected. It is due *<» a rise in material and labour cost-’, while the entire programme will co«t about 150.000,000 dollars.
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Grey River Argus, 17 August 1934, Page 5
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