NEW BATTLESHIPS
FOR THE AMERICAN NAVY THE APPROXIMATE COST (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) , WASHINGTON, Nov. J. ' (Received Nov. 3, at 11.55 p.m.) The bids were opened and considered satisfactory for the construction at private yards of three 35,000-ton battleships, which, with a fourth that is being built at the Navy yard, will cost approximately 280.000. dollars. This is greater than the original cost of all the battleships now .in the fleet. The four new battleships .will be. offensively equal, if not superior, to any comparable ships in the world. They will carry nine 16-inch guns, and their speed will exceed 25 knots. The Navy Department also announced modification of the ban on rigi ] airship building, permitting the immediate construction for training and developmental purposes of a metal-covered airship 325 feet in length, with a gas capacity of 1.000. cubic feet. It will cost 3.000. dollars.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23648, 4 November 1938, Page 11
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