The Washington herald., 1922-12-20
JAPAN, WARY,
IS |N.N0 HASTE
T0SCRAPsH|Ps
Denby Reveals Nippon viii
Not Be Caught Mapping Il
Naval Treaty Is Not Ratified
HuLLs NOT BROKEN UP
Secretary's Report informs
Congress That U. S. Is Far
Ahead in Junking Of Vessels
By WINDER r. HARRIS.
Umversal Service.


Universal Service.
Japan is taking no chance,
on being caught mapping BY
failure of the five-power nava
treaty to be ratified.
While the United States anG
Great Britain to a somewhat
less extent have been rushing
ahead with the scrapping pro
gram called for under thu
treaty, the Japanese govern
ment has kept its ships marked
for discard in condition where
they can readily be made serv.
iceable again.
This is the principal disclosure
in Secretary of the Navy Denby'i
report to Congress yesterday CT
the Frothingham resolution calling
for all available information
touching on the number of vessels
scrapped or disposed of since the
conference on limitation Of arma.
ments.
HULLs NOT BROKEN UP.
Under the heading Of Japan. Sec
retary Denby's report contains thii
paragraph:
The Japanese ministry Of ma
rine has stated that while work
preliminary to scrapping will be
done, the hulls will not be broken
up or sunk until the treaties
have been ratified by all the
powers.
The text Of the Secretary's re.
port follows:
United States ships required to
be scrapped under terms OF
treaty:
The Maine and Missouri have
been sold and are being broken
UP by the purchaser.
CONSTRUCTION HALTED.
All completed battleships re-
quired 10 be scrapped are out OF
commission. except the Connec-
ticut, which will soon be placed
out of commission.
The Delaware and North Da-
kota are not required to be
scrapped until the Colorado and
West Virginia are completed.
No steps have been taken to
comply with Article III, part
tb) of the treaty in the case or
the Oregon and Illinois. (These
vessels were allowed to be re-
tanned for noncombatant pur-
poses, because of their historic
records. The section referred to re-
quires that they be rendered unfit
for war duty.
Work has been suspended on
vessels under construction.
Ships not defined by the treaty:
Since February s, 1922, the fol-
lowing ships have been sold or
otherwise disposed Of: One de-
stroyer, two monitors, one dyna-
mite gun vessel, twenty-five sub
marines. one gunboat-
OTHER VESSELS OFF LIST.
The above list does not include
vessels stricken from the navy
list since February s, 1922, but
not yet sold.
Under the treaty the United
States is required to scrap the bat.
ships Maine, Missouri, Virginia, Ne
braska, Georgia. New Jersey, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, Louisiana, Yer.
mont, Kansas, Minnesota, New
Hampshire, South Carolina and
Michigan, as well as the Delaware
and North Dakota, as stated in the
report. Also the following battle.
ships and battle cruisers under con.
struction are to be dismantled.
Battleships Washington, South
Carolina. Indiana. Montana, North
Carolina. Iowa. Massachusetts. Bat.
tie cruisers-Lexington, Constitu.
ton, Constellation, Saratoga. Ran.
ger and. United States. Two Of the
cruisers are being converted into
aircraft carriers)
BRITAIN'S RECORD.
Great Britain-Ships required
to be scrapped under the terms
of the treaty:
Broken up: st. Vincent, battle
ship; Inflexible, battle cruiser;
Temeraire, battleship.
Sold, to be broken up or rem.
dered unfit for warlike purposes
under terms of treaty: Bellero-
phon, battleship: Commonwealth,
battleship: Hercules, battleship;
Dreadnought, battleship: Indomit.
able. battle cruiser; Neptune, bat
tleship: Collingwood, battleship.
Sold. not yet completely dis
mantled: Superb. battleship.
Ready for sale. mutilations COM
pleted at dockyard: Orion, bat
tleship; New Zealand, battle-cruis-
err
Being prepared for sale, mutila-
tions being carried out at dock
yard, with estimated date OF COM
pletion of mutilations: Monarch,
battleship, October IA. 1922: Con-
aueror. battleship. November, 1922;
Princess Royal, battle-cruiser, No
vember. 1922; Agincourt. battle
ship, November. 1922: Erin, bat
tleship. December. 1922; Lion,
hattleship, end of December, 1922,