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Show U.S. Fleet, Planes Practice War Tactics, Tons, of the type recently flown to the Philippines, last year took over tome of the tactics and de- I tenet problem which before that time had been the minion of de-troyer de-troyer flotilla. 1 - - LOS ANGELES, Sept 29 W-Forty W-Forty thousand fighting men are demonstrating the fitness of the United States fleet Off the southern California coast, far from sea lanes, 103 ships and mors than 400 naval planes, are being put through gruelling battle paces-Sensational paces-Sensational day and night strategies, strate-gies, under the sea, on surface, and In the air have been worked out. There are 10 world-cruising submarines, sub-marines, 10 battleships, three aircraft air-craft carriers, nine heavy cruisers, 11 light cruisers, 4T destroyers and 13 auxiliaries In the forces which Admiral C C Bloch had been running through secret paces tine Tuesday morning. There have been day and night destroyer attacks, with smoke screens, as well as mass dive bomber bomb-er attacks from the air, undersea tracking and raids on the battle line, and sky patrol work, the development de-velopment of which In the past few years has given both battle and scouting force commanders something new to think about The new naval patrol squad-1 |