RUSSIA REAWAKENS HER “MARITIME AMBITION”; GOOD FLEET
NEW YORK, Dec 22 (Recd. 6pm)— The United States Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Forrest Sherman, in a speech at Boston, said there was ample evidence of a reawakening of Russia’s “maritime ambition.” She had 14 cruisers in active service, compared with the United States’ 13, though the latter had 28 heavy and 32 light cruisers in the “mothball fleet.”
The Soviet fleet’s known strength also included three old battleships, 110 destroyers, about 270 submarines. It s force of torpedo-boats, submarine chasers and inshore patrol boats exceeded the numerical strength of similar types of all the other navies
combined. Admiral Sherman said Russia's modern cruisers were heavy*, high-speed ships, armed with rapidfiring, high-velocity 7.1-inch triple turret batteries. He added: “Our outstanding superiority over the Russian fleet is our carrier force. The maintenance of a carrier force is essential to our uninterrupted use of vital sea communications and to naval support of the Army and Air Force. It is the core of our fleet s offensive power. It is the most mobile tactical air force in existence.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, 23 December 1949, Page 5
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