THE AMERICAN NAVY
* m NEW YORK, August 23., •Toe two American battleships,- a-- refer* ence to 'which was cabled on January 2^3, aje about to fee laid down.. I. They. will have ra speed of '20 knots, wilL cost^ .with armament, including- 42" 12-in"^Qtß^' £2^ooo^ooo each. f - Rris reported that Mr Meyer (Secretary to the Navy) proposes 12 14-in guns fou the two 30;000-ton warships. On January 23 the American House of Representatives adopted the bill for two battleships of from 25,000 tons to 26,000 instead of four originally asked for by th» Secretary for the Navy.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2894, 25 August 1909, Page 23
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