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FOR ANTI-SUBMARINE WARSHIPS ANNOUNCED BY COLONEL .. KNOX VARIATION IN AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION PLANS. (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) WASHINGTON, October 30. The discontinuance of plans for the construction of 427 anti-submarine warships, including 305 destroyer escorts, was justified by the improvement in the submarine situation in the Atlantic, announced the Secretary of the Navy, Colonel Knox, who pointed out that the actual construction had not begun, but the change in programme had enabled the United States to build vessels for amphibious operations throughout the world. Colonel Knox further announced that increasing activities in the Pacific rendered it advisable to improve repair facilities on the west coast. Therefore, the construction of three cruisers, seven destroyers and nine tugs had been transferred to east coast yards. He said that American sunmarine activities against Japanese shipping were proceeding at full speed, with steadily increasing forces.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 November 1943, Page 3
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142REDUCED NEED Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 November 1943, Page 3
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