OCR Text |
Show Navies of the World. Of vessels, battleships, cruisers and I scouts of over 1,000 tons, now In com- 4B, mission In tho world's navies. Great ' Britain has 201, aggregating 1,518,000 tons displacement; France, 96, aggregating aggre-gating 576,000 tons displacement; Qor-many, Qor-many, 73, aggregating 388,000 tons; Russia 42, aggregating 315,000 tons; United States 35, aggregating 295,000 tons; Italy, 38, aggregating 295,000 tons; Japan 31, aggregating 206,000 tons. But, If the naval vessels now In course of building In tho world's shipyards ship-yards were completed, the tonnage of tbo United States would ho more than doubld, and she would occupy third place Instead of fifth, with Franc sctlll second, and with England's power pow-er only three times as great as ours. |