Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1920 — MANY NEW WARSHIPS [ARTICLE]

MANY NEW WARSHIPS

NEARLY 200 U. & WAR VESSELS COMPLETED LABT YEAR. / Number Includes Superdreadpaught and 96 Destroyers—Biggest PeaceTime Total in History. Washington. Dec. 10.—Nearly 200 wurshlps, includlug one sujierUreadnuuglit and ninety-six destroyers, were completed for the United Stutes navy during the fiscal year ended last June 30 and more than 100 others. Including eleven superdreudnuughts and six great battle cruisers, were building at that time. This Is shown In the annual report of Rear Admiral David W. Taylor, chief of the bureau of construction and repair, to Secretary Daniels, made public at the navy department For continuing work on the ships building. Admiral Taylor estimated that $119,000,000 would be required In the fiscal year beginning next June 80. This compares with $59,000,000 last year and Is the largest total ever proposed by the navy In peace time for continuing Construction 'lt 1* explained by the fact that work on many of the craft authorized In the 1910 building program was halted during the war. Admiral Taylor’s report also discloses that the navy department Is engaged In developing and constructing new types of aircraft. Including huge rigid and seral-rlgld airships and seaplanes similar to those which undertook the trnns-Atlantlc flight Inst year. Besides the dirigible which is building In England for the United States, the navy Is building a dirigible at home. “To provide a large Beaplane for fleet use,” Rays Admiral Taylor, “the bureaus undertook the development of a design for a seaplane larger than any In existence, a 60,000 pound flying boat The design embodies several new features Including metal wings and a unique power plant of nine Liberty engines in three groups, each group being geared to a single propeller."