SOVIET WARSHIPS
BIGGEST NAW LN WORLD PLANNED ACCORDING TO COMMISSAR. THREE-FOLD INCREASE IN SUBMARINES. < By Telegraph—Press Associat ion—Copyright) MOSCOW. July 28. “VJe are planning the biggest navy in the worid,’’ said the Commissar for the Navy, M. Kuznetzoff in a broadcast. “The navy must be increased to parity with the army and air force.’’ He said the Soviet was adding 163 ships to the fleet in 1940. She had added 129 in 1939. including large surface vessels. “The number of new submarines to be commissioned this year will be three times as great as in 1939." he continued.
“The new ships we are laying down now are for launching in the coming years." NATIONAL DAY DISPLAY IN EVERY PORT. (Received This Day, 10.15 a.m.) MOSCOW. July 28. A wireless message states that largescale naval displays, worthy of Russia as a great sea power, have been staged in every Russian port, in celebration of the Soviet's second national Navy Day. Comprehensive exrecises are being held at Vladivostock.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 July 1940, Page 6
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166SOVIET WARSHIPS Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 July 1940, Page 6
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