DUMMY WARSHIPS
CONSTRUCTION AS TARGETS
IN U.S.A.
PRACTICE FOR STRATOSPHERE
PLANES.
(By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.20 p.m.) WASHINGTON, August 1.
The United States Government intends to build four dummy warships, to serve as practice targets for stratosphere warplanes. An Army spokesman said the vessels, which would cost £312,500 each, would be 125 feet long, with a speed of 20 knots and each will carry a crew of forty. The ships will be provided with flat decks, of extra thickness, to prevent penetration by dummy sand-bombs used in target practice.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 August 1941, Page 6
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