The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-13
Many Warships Built For Navy
 In Past Year
Report Shows 200 Were Completed With 100
 Others Building

Washington, Dec. 13 Nearly 200 warships, including one superdread- naught and 96 destroyers, were com pleted for the American navy dur ing the fiscal year ended last June 30 and more than 100 others, including eleven superdreadnaughts 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 today at the navy de partment. For continuing work on the ships building, Admiral Taybor es- timated $119, ,0Oo would be requir- ed during the fiscal year beginning next June 30. This compares with $59,0G0,000 last year and is the 1arg- est total ever proposed by the Amer ing construction It is explained by the fact that work on many of the craft uthorized in the 1916 building program was halted during the war.
 Admiral Taylor's report also dis closes that the navy department is engaged in developing and construct ing new types of aircraft. including great rigid and semi-rigid airshfps and seaplaneS similar to those which undertook the transatlantic flight last year. Besides the dirigible which is building in England for the United States, the navy is building a dirig- ibie at home.
 Airplanes and seaplanes building include four of the NC type for ser- vice with the battle feet making a total of eight of this class. In the four new craft now building are em- bodied the lessons learned from the transatlantic flight.
 The navy also is building a small number of Interchangeable. land air planes and seaplanes for the Marine corps and two types of torpedo. car- rylng seaplanes one to be of all-metal construction.
 "To provide a large seapIane for fleet use" says Admiral Taylor, 'tf1e bureaus undertook the development of design for a seaplane larger than any in existence" a 60,000-pound f1y- ing boat. The design eIafb odies several new features, including metal wings and unique power plant of nine liberty engines in three groups each peller.'
 With the delivery of the super dreadnaught Tennessee this year by the New York Navy Yard. the first line battleships with the Atlantic and Paclfc fleets were increased to eigh- teen Besides the destroyers added to tne fleet last year. other new ships completed included eighteen subma- rines, 1ofty-hVe eagle boats and ten mine sWeepers. In addition num- per Of naval tugs were delivered
 Besides the eleven batdeshfps and 7 six battle cruisers building. there are l; NoiiSti oNtIOEl ten scout cruisers. Il destroyers and 47 submarines. some Of thed eStroyers have been delivered since last. June 30. Only two of the eleven batt1eships build ing are expected to be delivered next year, the Tennessee and Maryland. The Colorado is to be delivered in 1922 and the other in 1923 or later.
 Admiral Taylor devotes part Of his report to tests conducted with some of the German submarines turned over to the United States for experi- mental purposes and says on the bas- is of these tests that Ion the whole these vessels could not be said to be superior in design and capabilities 10 corresponding vessels of the United States navy"
 This is matter of interest," the admiral says, tin view of the exag- teerated ideas of the German subma- rine prevalent during the war, when they were still a mystery"