South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-20
VESSELS To BE
WORLD BIGGEST
Naval Plan Proposed by SeC'y
Daniels will Cost More
Than Billion.

WASHINGTON, let. 2O.-The FIRST
two dreadnoughts TO be constructed
under the navy departments five-year
program are the largest and most
powerful lighting ships ever built in
the world. They viii cost $lB,oOO,-
600 each The total cost of the new
construction planned in addition TO
the upkeep OF the navy is estimated at
SI.O02.4S2,242.
The building program is subdivided
For new ships s422.964.OS7; com
pletiou OF old ships. S4S.51s,127; for
aviation, $4,000. GOO; for reserve
munitions, $25,000.000.
1t is planned 10 give the two world
wonder dreadnOughts a displacement
OF 40 900 tons each. This is 5000
tons greater than the present sub
dreadnOughts Of $4,000. These two
ships will carry IL 14-inch guns in
the main battery. They viii be equip
ped with special torpedo nets and
viii have a hull Of entirely new de-
sign.
Huge Flying Corps.
The provision for a flying corps is
the direct result Of the lesson taught
by the great European war The fig
uTes for this corps are $50 men and
$50 officers.
Sec'y Daniels issued a statement
Tuesday showing his official estimates
for the next fiscal year and the total
amount Of money 10 be expended for
five years under his new program.
Outside OF construction. il costs
about 100000 co maintain the
navy every year. These figures are
included in the grand total OF the
five-year estimate.
Sec'y Daniels statement deals with
the next fiscal year and the five-year
continuing program separately.
For the next fiscal year the total
estimates approved by the president
are $217.652. 1882. This is an in
crease Of S67.99O, 308.44 over last
years appropriation, which amounted
10 $149,661, S40.SS.
Before Congress.
The amount for construction, in
Guiding $8.OO0.0OO for increase in
munitions reserve and 100000 Cor
aviation. is S95,372.127. OF this $751;
0O0. 600 is for new construction, which
will 10 recommended 10 the coming
congress. SS,O0O.OOO for increase in
munitions reserve. 100000 for avia-
ton, $28,569,127 for continuing the
program of new construction author
lied by the 63d congress, which was
five battleships. II destroyers, 26 sub
BARNES and one fuel ship.
The five-year program provides for
10 scout cruisers. so destroyers, 10
fleet submarines. 80 coast submarines.
four gunboats, one hospital ship, two
ammunition ships. two fuel oil ships
and one repair ship
The proposed battle cruisers, ST.
900. 900 each: scout cruisers. $1,000
600; destrOyers, 1850, 600; fleet sub
marines $500, 900; coast submarines.
$3.50. 900: gunboats.r S750. 600: hospital
shi
$50; repair ships. $2.00O.OOO. OF this
total IL is proposed to lay down in
1917. the first year. the following,
with the initial amounts Of appropria-
tons as follows:
Outlay in 1917.
Two battleships $15.56O.0OO; two
battle cruisers. Ills, 900; three
scout cruisers, $1,000, 900; 1 3 destroy
ers $10,500.000; five fleet submarines,
S4.425. zoe; % coast submarines. So
100000 two gunboats. $500. 600; one
hospital ship, S1,25O, 600; one fuel oil
ship, 100000.
Two additional dreadnoughts will
be laid down in 1918. 1919, 1920 and
1921
For two dreadnoughts there will be
appropriated in 1918. $26, coo; two
in 1919. S37.60O.0O0; two in 1920, SAL
900 600: two in 1921, $37,6OO.OOO.
For battle cruisers the appropria-
tions for 1918 viii be $11,921OOO:
two in 1918. S17,5OO,OO0: two in 1920.
S15.11S. soc; one in 1921, S23.46O.5OO.
For scout cruisers. one In 1918. So
100000; two in 1919. $4,000. 600:
two in 1920. $3.50. 600: two in 1921.
$1O.00O,00e.
For Year 1919.
Destroyers. 10 in 1918. $4,000. coo:
FIVE I'm 1919, S1O.100.00O 10 in 1929.
sic. coo; 10 in 1921. $4,000. 900.
Fleet submarines. four in 1918. So
5T1. 500; two in 1919. S5.437.5OO; two
in 1920. S4,215,0OO; two in 1921. So
400, 900.
Coast submarines. Is i'm 1918. S1S.-
100000; 10 i'm 1919. S9.75O.1O0: Is in
1920, $9,75O,OOO; Is in 1921, $3.50
co.,
Gunboats. one in 1918, S1I4O.OOO:
one in 1919. S3S0.O0O; one in 1920.
S3S0.00O: one in 1921, S3SO.O0O
Hospital ships, one in 1918. 1900
GEE
Ammunition ships. one I'm 1920.
k199.6S5; one in 1927, $1.766.O00.
Fuel oil ships. one in 1919. $685.
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