The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-29
AMERICAN NAVY IS SERIOUSLY
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 orican navy is seriously lacking in the latest type of submarines, ac- cOrding to information made pub lie recently by the navy department "On paper" the United states has 142 submarines. but many of them are considered obsolete.
 Types of submarines in which the United States is lacking" include the mine layer and the huge fleet submarine.
 The announcement was regarded as one of much importance by officials here. who are known to be opposed to any possible suggestion for cutting into present building plans for the war department.
 The United States has no mine lay CT types at all. but has three fleet submarines of the so-called N-type under construction. These three boats are governmentresig and are the last word in their class. They are building on the ways at the Portsmouth. N. H. navy yard. They are about 2.OO0 tons surface dis placement $40 feet long and have surface speed of twenty one knots.
 FOREIGN NAMES LEAD
 Foreign navies. though, hove ex- ceeded even this development, the German navy having built during the war, underseas boats of 2,200 tons The British navy today has an other type in which we are lacking, the so-called M-typc of submarine, which mounts powerful large calibre distance cruiser submarines.
 The navy considers that it is high ly important to the national de fense that the United States con stuct at least three of each of these last-named types. if only for expert mental and development purposes. so that in any national emergency the government would be able to pro
 
 best suited to our needs
 U. S. HAS t42 SUBMARINES
 The sugmarine force of the Am eriCan navy today consists of l42 craft of all types and ages. incld- ing those authorized but still under construction. At present 1O1 boats ar" in commission. with forty-one on the ways The different classes of hoats are designated alphabetic- ally. commencing with B-1. the old est in the service built during 1900 1909 The B. D. F. and r classes. with four Lake-type N-boats. are now considered obsolete and are shortly to be withdrawn from serv- ice. The II. K. l.. NJ and the other types have not a very wide radius of action. but are considered useful for coast defense The newer types. including the 0. R. and s. classes. represent distinct improvement on thoir predecessors. especially as to hahitahilty size and cruising radius, which latter is from 5000 to 10000 miles. Of the s class there are three groups the Holland. Lake and Gov ernment type
 SOME ARE UNRELIABLE
 The present design of the Holland engine it is stated by the navy de p"rtment. has proved unreliable. so that the completion of thirty-one of i the S boats is being held up until the desired changes in design of the engine have been made. The navy has three submarines of the IT class known as fleet submarines. They were built as an experiment, being the largest ever undertaken by this government, but have not proved q success as accompanying craft for the fleets owing to the un- reliability of their engines and light torpedo armament.
 Under the present organization there are shore based divisions and | divisions based on mother ships, ca pahle of moving about The subma- rine fleet is distributed on both . coasts in the C,nal Zone. Hawaii and in the Philippines With the de velopment of the newer types an even more powerful distribution is | expected. owing to the important place the submarine has achieved in naval strategy. GERMAN TAX CHECKERS GROW