MYSTERY CRUISER
SHIP TO CARRY AIRCRAFT/- -. Washington, July 30. A mystery cruiser, which may revolutionise America’s national defence policy, is being designed' by the, Bureau of Aeronautics to take advantage of the provisions of the London Naval Treaty. It is a Gin. gun ship of between 9909 and 10,909 tons, designed to carry aeroplanes in the manner of an aircraft carrier. The designers have not reached a final decision as to the- number of aeroplanes it will be possible for such a ship to carry, but it is known that it will be in excess of 20. _ <• The designing of the ship has been carried out in secret, and it was hoped that its adoption.by the Navy Department could be brought about, and the first of the type completed, without the admiralities of other nations learning of the departure from the conventional types of fighting ships undertaken by the United States.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 August 1930, Page 3
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