ATLANTIC PATROL
SMALL AMERICAN CRAFT. WASHINGTON, April 28. Disclosing that the patrol operations by the United States Atlantic fleet have already been greatly extended, informed sources indicated that the navy had concentrated large numbers of small war vessels along the eastern seaboard in recent months. These craft are the most useful for patrol work. Functioning in close collaboration with these are long-range aeroplanes and cruisers. The navy has been building increasing quantities of small craft, and most have gone to the Atlantic rather than the Pacific fleet. It is believed the Atlantic squadron, which was originally 125 vessels, now numbers at least 200, the vast majority of which are operating off the New England and Canadian coasts. A message from Ottawa says Britain is sending a substantial number of skilled shipyard workers from the Clyde and elsewhere to construct merchantmen in the Canadian Government's 175,000,000-dollar shipbuilding programme. It is unofficially estimated that 5000 men may go.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 126, 29 April 1941, Page 5
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