BIG CRUISERS
INCLUDED IN AMERICAN PROGRAMME. LARGEST & MOST POWERFUL IN WORLD. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. WASHINGTON. January 10. Admiral Stark has disclosed that the Navy proposes to build an undisclosed number of cruisers totalling 192.000 tons, giving the United States a commanding position in the cruiser cate-, gpry, . according to the New York Times Washington correspondent. The cruisers will be the world’s largest, fastest and most heavily armed and will be of an entirely new type of 12,000 to 20,000 tons armed with guns, aircraft and anti-aircraft guns superior to any yet placed on cruisers.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 January 1940, Page 5
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94BIG CRUISERS Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 January 1940, Page 5
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