Russia Building Up Her Naval Strength
Received Thursday, 7 p.m. NEW YORK, Dec. 21. ■ The United States Ohief of Naval Operations, Admiral Forrest Sherman, ! in a speeeh at Boston, said there was ample evidence of the reawakening of Russia maritime ambition. " She had 14 cruisers in aetive service compared with the United States' 13 though the latter had 28 heavy and 32 light cruisers in the "mothball fleet. " The Soviet fleet 's known strength also • included three old battleships, 110 destroyers and about 270 submarines. Its forco of torpedoboats, submarine chasers and inshore patrol boats, exceeded 1 the numerical strength of similar type3 of ail the other navies combined. | Admiral Sherman said Russia 's moaern cruisers were heavy highspeed ships armed with a rapid-firing high Ivelocity 7.1 inch triple turret battery. He added: "Our outstauding supenority over the Rpgsian fleet is our carrier force, Ihe maintenauee pf a
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Chronicle (Levin), 23 December 1949, Page 5
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