Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1919 — GREECE WANTS U. S. CHASERS [ARTICLE]

GREECE WANTS U. S. CHASERS

Seeks to Purchase Speedy Boats No Longer Needed by American Navy. Paris. —Greek naval authorities have been examining American submarine chasers which have been In the Adriatic sea with a view to their purchase. The Greek navy already had two former American battleships and experts in the service favor a further augmentation of the fleet with American craft. A fleet of 86 chasers was sent to the Adriatic to co-operate with the cruisers Olympia and Birmingham and eight destroyers in carrying out America’s role in the execution of the provisions of the armistice with Austria. The chasers are now at Malta for overhauling, but in the meantime the Greek government is making overtures for their purchase. These proposals may be entertained, as the close of the war makes it probable that there will be little further need of the chasers, which are particularly suited for navigation in shallow waters like those of the Greek archipelago.