Davis County Clipper | 1939-02-24 | Page 1 | War-Time Destroyers Save Nation $150,000,000

War Time l ar 1 lne Destroyers Save Nation Na Lion t o. o i. i I Ii z I 4 l. l t I 1 4 I I A AA A cross cros section of ot the navys navy's flung far preparations preparations' for war r emergency lI Is 15 disclosed at the United hulled States Slates destroyer base at San Diego Calif where 48 World I war destroyers arc being bring reconditioned Into Instant readi ness for service Instead of being under scrapped terms of tile Washington and London 1 naval treaties they were would saved for the nations nation's defense thus saving the country some Rome In rosin costs In Jn event o 0 war crews merely have to walk aboard get steam up and proceed to sea sen as RS all equipment M Is In lIon tion Torpedoes and other good condi rO I U- U have been kept In good condition a Inch four lUll gun la Is being mounted on the destroyer U V S S. S S. S S Mead lead