Show 2500 Craft Available I I as Scout Patrols IC n By s Pew to The Tb WASHINGTON V AS Fe Feb 11 H. 11 Approximately 2600 power craft of or various types are available for duty as ns scout patrols about American harbors harbon ac according according nc- nc cording to navy department figures Of the these o. o 60 boats have been surveyed and formally enrolled In the new scout patrol service 1000 others aro are known to meet tho the full rull requirements of or the service an and 1 the remainder are designated designated as second rate but nearl nearly all of ot them could perform some somo wartime dut duty Tho The department expects to complete plans plana this week for two new types of ot boats bonts to be bc used as Us submarine chasers They will bo be big blE and fast enough to form torm tho the outer line of patrol maintaining themselves at sea for two weeks or 01 more They will bo ho constructed constructed constructed con con- of wood It Is estimated that vv within thin two months after work begins vessels of this typo can be turned out completed at a a. rate of or probably five ty-five or thirty boats a a. day and with tho the prod production Increasing I |