davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-01-05
WANT Big SUBS
European Experience Shows Value Of
New Sized Boat.

New S1ZcO bOdl.
Sea-going submarines of two thou
sand tons displacement probably soon
will be sought for the American navy
as a result of lessons learned by navy
department experts from the Euro
pean war and recent manoeuyres OF
the Atlantic fleet.
It is possible, it was learned, that
the first five submarines included in
the Administrations fve-year build
ing program will approach this size,
although the estimates submitted
were based on boats Of the thirteen
hundred ton class.
In contrast to this de ;elopment OF
a type of giant submersible, naval
officers are inclined to believe that
the so-called coast defense boats will
be standardized at about four hun
dred tons displacement.