The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09
200 WarShips
BmiH in Year
50 DeStroyers Completed.
l0O Other Vessels Started.
Tennessee Launched.

| ~ Washington, Dec. ga. P.)-Nearl,
SOO warships, including one superdread.
| naught and ninety-siX destroyers. were
completed for the American navy dur.
ing the fiscal year ended last June 80
ana more than 100 others, incLudinp
eleven superdreadnaughts and ak rrea1
time. S'i"'
ihis Is shown in the annual report NJ
Hear Admiral David w Taylor chief
OF the bureau of construction and re
pair 10 secretary Daniels, made public
To-Day at the navy department. For con.
tinuing work on the ship building Ad.
miral Taylor estimated that Slg enn aao
would be required during the fiscal wear
beginning next June 80 This comma re .
win Sb9.000OOO last year and Ia ths
largest total ever proposed by tbe
american navy IN peace time Tor con.
s,nuihB In construction, II is explained
craft authorized in the l9I6 bniIdine
program was halted during the war.
Admiral Taylor's report also dlscloses
that the navy department is eugared
IN developing and constructing new
ypes OF aircraft, including great rIg,d
anu semi-rlgid airships and seapIanes
sI,iIaI similar 10 those which undertook the
tha sStrantle SiliniH hight last year. Besides
III me ulLigioIe which is being built in
england for the United States, the navy
~ ouiiding dirigible at home.
Arplanes and seaplanes building In
ciuned Iour OF the NC type for service
WIN the battle fleet, making "A total of
elsnt OF thls class. In the four new
craft now building are embodied the
flight. ''eilie
The navy also is building small num-
Der of interchangeable land airnla nas
ana ana seaplanes for the marine corps and
TWO types OF torpedo carrying seaplanes.
one TO be Of all metal construction.
10 provide large seaplane for fleet
use, says Admiral Taylor, the bu-
Ieaus undertook the development of n
ieslsn Tor seaplane larger than any
III M existence a $4,000 pound flying boat
me design embodies several new fea-
lures, including metal wings, unioIIe
,oWer plant of nine liberty engines in
.nree groups, each group heign geared
10 single propeller"
with the delivery of the superdread-
1aught tennessee this year by the New
otX navy yard the first line battle- |
n,'ps with the Atlantic and Pacific fleets |
we're increased to eighteen. Besides the |
iestroyers added to the fleet last wear
iither new ships completed included |
Nghteen submarines. forty-five eagle |
,oats ana ten mine sweepers In addi-
ION number of naval tugs were de-
lvered.
Besides the eleven battleships and six
attle cruisers building, there are under
ohstructlon ten scout cruisers, seventy
ne destroyers and forty-seven sub
larlhes; Some of the destroyers have
cen delivered since last June 30. ONLY |
wo OF the eleven battleshps building
re expected to be delivered next year,
ne tennessee and Maryland, The Colo
ADO is to be delivered in 1922 and the
theirs in 1928 or later.
Admiral Taylor devotes part of his
eport to tests conducted with some of
lie German submarines turned over to
lie United States for experimental pur-
oses ana says on the basis of these
,sts mat on the whole these vessels
qua not be said to be superior in de-
gn and capabilities to correspondine
essels of the United States navy"
This is a matter of interest" the nd.
Ilral says, in view of thesexaggerated
eas of the German submkrinS preva-
i'll mystery"