Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-02-24 | Page 13 | 'Sea Trailers' Aid U. S. Navy, Speaker Says

SEA TRAILERS' TRAILERS AID U U. U 8 S NAVY SPEAKER SAYS Lack of Bases Brings Development Of New War Plan Faced with an inadequate supply supply supply sup sup- ply of offshore naval bases and pressed for time the United States navy has developed sea trailers to carry the fight to the enemy So declared So-declared Commander Commander Charles Charles A. A Beardsley U S N R. R representing represent represent- nt- nt ing the Twelfth naval district in ina ina I Ia a talk to members of the Salt Lake Rotary club Tuesday at the Hotel I Utah Commander Beardsley see sec second ond highest ranking officer in sec sec-j the naval legal reserve is a past president presIdent president dent of the American Bar I tion llon Our navy is least among navies of ot the world in adequate supply of overseas s bases Commander Beardsley said We have sufficient sufficient sufficient along the Atlantic Pacific and gulf coasts but when it comes to engaging in warfare at long distances our deficiency in base I facilities is very noticeable Our navy Commander Beardsley explained is handicapped in this distance war because the effective radius of action of a fleet is 2000 to 2500 miles from a base base base- scarcely a third of the way from the west coast mainland to Tokyo Manila or Singapore