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Show PLAN FOR COAST DEFENSE. Rear Admiral Grant Would Build 183 Submersibles. Washington. A plant for fleet and coast defense submarine operations in the Atlantic and Pacific, calling for 183 submersibles cf all types, was outlined out-lined to the house naval committee Tuesday by Rear Admiral Grant, the navy's chief of submarines. Such a force is necessary to insure adequate protection, the admiral said, and approximately ap-proximately the number of boats needed need-ed is provided for in the administration's administra-tion's five-year building program. |