Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-13
HUGE GROWTH OF
NAVY SHOWN IN
BUREAU REPORT
Department Was Operating Al
most Two Thousand YES
sells One Month Before the
ArmiStice Was Signed,
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eef @oas'Hs jou"nAt SPECIAL LEASED wiREI
washington, u. C., Dec. l2.-One
month before the armistice with Ger
many ended the war. the American
navy was oneratinp toto, of o5o
,.ossa,s ~ 81, d,.a,,,,,tiaS
1855 ~ '''' "eSN' ip''oHS' ol "hlch
zo4 carrying 42,oVV men were actively
participating in the war in European
waters.
These figures were disclosed today
IN the annual report of Rear Admiral
! Griffin, chief of the bureau of steam
engineering. Daily expenditures of
the bureau during the war year COW
cred sby the report exceeded $777, 600
| Admiral Griffin said the regular
navy on the date of his report consist
i ed of $40 ships, supplemented by nine
ty-three vessels from the coast guard
| lighthouse service, coast and geodetIo
survey and fish commission. In addi-
! ton the navy was then operating 937
converted merchant craft, yachts and
the like, and the naval overseas trans
1 port service, consisting of 247 ship
| ping board and other supply vessels
with liz more about to be commits
1 stoned Construction under way for
the regular navy at that time includ-
ed $40 new ships of all kinds and fif-
| ty-two tugs.
Since the United States became a
belligerent," the report states, THE
magnitude of the engineering work of
the navy, both mechanical and electri-
| cal, not only in its actual amount but
IN the rapid development of facilities
for its eXeeuton--has been without
! parallel for the same period of time
in the history of the worlds navies.
Repair Base Established.
To keep UP the fleet abroad. three
repair bases were established in
| France, one in Great Britain, one at
! Gibralter and two in the Mediterran-
can. These were supplemented by six
repair ships which achieved remark.
able results in repairing vessels at sea.
The report makes the first official
announcement regarding development
of the submarine detection devices and
! shows that American equipment for
| this purpose has been placed abroad
/ both British and French naval craft.
| Details are not dis losed, however, the
report in this connection combining it.
self to the following paragraph:
| Previous to July /, 1917, there
were two devices for submarine de-
/ lection in service One was the Fes-
| sender oscillator. primarily intended
| for sending and receiving underwater
! signals: the otlrer was device de-
f, veloped by the General Electric COM
| pany. Since then eight other devices
| for submarine detection have been d.
veloped and made in quantity. not
| ONLY for our own navy, but for the
British admiralty and the French min
istry of marine. Modified forms of
( these devices have also been design
Jed for use in protection of the Atlantic
coast Of the United States"
Taking up naval radio development,
! Admiral TAYLOR shows that through
the new high power plant at Annapo-
| lis and the station built by the navy
| in France and nearing completion,
provision had been made which would
| have kept the United States govern
ment in touch with its forces in Eur
ope constantly even if every subma-
/ rine cable had been cut. The radio
| communication system has been ex-
tended vastly. eighty-four additional
main stations having been built during
| the year.
Striking achievements are noted in
deveIopment OF radio outfits for naval
aircraft Communication from ma
| chimes i'm flight to shore stations Is
now possible at a distance of 200 miles
| the report saws. while the land station
1 can communicates with machine in
air 30 miles away. Through the radio
telephone the aircraft can talk to sta,
| tions go miles away and receive YER
hal instructions from stations Is miles
distant Both systems have been en-
| ..t.i. 49, nea.+n1 ,,o4r,1 ,,nir,