Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-09
NEARLY 200 WkRSH|PS
COMPLETED DURING YEAR
These Include One Superdread-
neught, 90 Destroyers and
More Than 100 Others.
By Aseocis ted Press to Evory Evening

Washington, Dec. S.-Nearly 200 war
ships, including one superdreadnaught and
% destroyers, were completed for the
American Navy during the fiscal year
ended last June 30, and more than 100
others, including ii uperdreadnaughts
and six great battle cruisers, were building
at that time.
This is shown in the an nual report of
Rear Admiral David ". Taylor, chief
of the Bureau of Construction and Re
pair, to Secretary Daniels, made public
today ut the Navy Department. For con-
tinuing work on the ships building, Ad-
miral Taylor estimated that S119, 600, 900
would be required during the fiscal year
beginning next June 80. This compares
with $50 ,00O,0 900 last year and is the
largest total ever proposed by the Ameri-
can Navy in peace time for continuing
construction. Ii is explained by the fact
that work on many of the craft authorized
in the 1915 building program was halted
during the war
Admiral Taylor's report also discloses
that the Navy Department is engaged in
developing and constructing new types OF
aircraft, including great rigid and semi
rigid air ships and seaplanes similar TO
those which undertook the transatlantic
fight last year Besides the dirigihle
which is building in England for the
United States, the navy is building q
dirigble At home.
Arplanes and seaplanes building include
four Of the NC type for service with the
battle fleet, making a total Of eight of this
claas In the four new craft now building
are embodied the lessons learned from the
transatlantic flight.
The navy also is building a small num-
Der Of interchangeable land sirpIanes, one
to be of all metal construction.
TO provide large seaplane for feet
sae," says Admiral Taylor, "the bureaus
undertook the development Of design
for a sesplane larger than any in existence,
"a &C, 900 pound flying boat. The design
~nbodios severzs new features. including
metal wings and q unique power plant Of
nine bbaty engines In three groups. each
group being geared 20 single propeller
With the delivery of the superdVad-
nAught Tennessee this year BS the New
York navy ysrd, the first line battleships
with tho Atlantic and Pacific fleets were
inues>ed TO IS. Besides the destroyers
added 20 the feet last year. other new
ships completed included IS submarines
45 eagle boats and 10 mine sweepers In
addition number of naval tugs were de-
livered
Besides the ii battleships and six battle
cruisers building, there are under CON
st-uction 10 scout cruisers, II destroyers,
and ~ submarines. Some Of the destr0yers
have been delivered since last June 80
Only two of the 4 battleships building are
expected TO be delivered next year. the
Tennessee and Maryland The Colorado
ie TO be delivered in 1922 and the Others
m 1923 or later.
Admiral Taylor devotes part Of his re
port to tests conducted with some Of the
German submarines turned over TO the
United States for experimental purposes.
and SAYS on the basis Of these tests that
"on the whole these vessels could not be
ssad TO be superior In design and capabili-
ties TO corresponding vessels Of the United
States Navy"
"This Is matter Of interest" the ad-
rnirsl SAYS, ''in view Of the exaggerated
deae Of the German submarine prevalent
during the war, when they were still a
rrvsfaryN