The sun., 1918-09-22
August Building Exceeds
German Destruction of
Vessels by 1859 Tons.
WORLD RECORDS SET
This Country Takes First
Place in Construction of
SeagOing Craft.
FORMERLY A POOR THIRD
Has 1920 Ways and Employs
$4,000, Besides 100000 in
Allied Industries.
FORMERLY A POOR THIRD
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WARRINGTON, Sept. 81. - United
States ship construction alone out
strips submarine losses.
The complete breakdown Of the
C.boat campaign against the Allies
md the neutrnls Is clearly portrayed
In resume Of the shipping situation
Of the world, compiled by the Ship
ping Board.
Ship construction In tho United
States for the month Of August sur
passed the total of submarine de-
slruction by more than n thousand
ions. Since May last the worlds
ship construction rate has been
greater than Of the rate of destruc-
ton.
The Allies net loss from submarines
Is but 3.3S2,oss ,deadweight tons. a
surprising figure when the tremen-
deus losses OF the early days Of unre-
stricted submarine warfare are re-
called. The recovery OF the Allies Is
due 20 the ship construction progress
made in the United States, which in a
year has placed this nation in the van
o' the shipbuilding countries of the
world.
German Failure Exhibited.
The story Of German failure Is told
In the following table:
Germany and Austria excluded.)
Total losses (ailed and neutfaD
August. INiSeptember I. 1915. ..... q, ,to4, ,s1s
Total construction (sllied and peu-
i.sD August. lslI-septsmber ], 1918. N.2H.sc5
Total enemy tonnage captured TO
end of 1917 .......................... aTss.o
Excess OF losses over gains. s..,....,.. a.s6i,osS
Estimated normal increase In worlds
tonnage IL war had not occurred
based on rate OF increase 1906
'"4l ..'''.......'............... NIoo.ooo
Net deficit due to war ............,. 1905. .oSs
Allied monthly construction passed de-
rruction for the first time In May Of
this year.
IN August deliveries to the Shipping
Board and other seagoing construction
In the United States for private parties
passed allied and neutral destruction. \
The figures for August are:
Deliveries to the United sta,es Ship
ping Board Observation-Disclosures. fN.l@
Vher construction over LOCO tons
Uoss l6sls
Total .......................... ssi Oss |
Losses fallied and neutraD ............, :ssto0
America alone surpassed losses for
month by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50 |
W
'Hne 30, 1914, totaled is.oss.552 gross tons. or
roughly 7ssai.'s deadweiEh; tons tLioyd's !
rcgister) |
Enemy's Submarine Blockade.
At the outset OF the war Germany |
proposed TO cripple England with a sub |
marine blockade that would starve the |
british Isles. During three years OF war I
s"ps we're sunk at rate that threat |
ened to cripple the worlds commerce. |
Losses far exceeded requirements.
When unrestricted submarine warfare
mat brought the United States into the |
struggle was declared. Germany, thinking !
10 Isolate Britain and end the war. !
brought defeat to the German cause.
for time ships were sunk at the rate |
100000 tons a year. but the Ameri- !
can and allied navies have been con-
SANITY bringing the totals down. while !
'h's nation has put ship production on a
'asls not thought possible. -.
The present ratio Of sinking and con-
tTuction insures that Germany's efforts
Keep United States troops on the /
front by her submarines will be COM
pete failure and that shipping will be
available to maintain q huge American
force in Europe. ta aso
within the Jurisdiction Of the United
states shipping Board at the present
TINE tSeptember 1. 19Isl. there are
.'lSS seasoins vessels totaiiing s.b11.si5
oeadweisht tons. OF. these i.2sl. total
ing s'6sstoS desdweight tons, ny the
American nag under charter TO the Ship |
ping Board and to American citisens.
Ihere are also sol foreign vesssis. total
ing 2,si6.6io deadwslGht tons. la--s.
At the time the United States sntsred
the war the American merchant mArins
included approximately only 1.750.ooo
oeadweisht tons Of seasoing vessels OF
over 1900 deadweight tons. The ex-
panson Of the feet within the Jurisdic-
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