U.S. FLEET
MAY RETURN IN THREE YEARS. RECOMMENDATION BY ADMIRAL COONTZ. A MOST SUCCESSFUL CRUISE. Received October 26, 5.5 p.m. WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. Admiral Coontz, officially reporting to the Navy Department on the Australian and New Zealand trip, called it the greatest and most successful cruise over attempted by the American navy. Ho urged that similar trips bo made every three years. The cruise showed that the efforts to make the fleet self-sustaining for six months were not yet successful but approaching that state, while aeroplanes were useful. He had doubts of the usefulness of dirigibles in major fleet operations. The fleet was in a condition to repeat tho voyage at twenty-four hours’ notice.
The total cost was 515,000 dollars. The benefits were naval, national and international. The Australians and New Zealanders had shown great hospitality Admiral Coontz urged the construction of ’plane carriers, and stated the fleet needed an additional oiler.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19439, 27 October 1925, Page 7
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