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Show o . The U. S. fleet is made up of the following ships: 15 battleships,, named after the states of the Union,' 13 heavy and 10 light cruisers, named after cities, about 100 destroyers, de-stroyers, named after naval heroes. he-roes. 7 fleet submarines, named for different types of fish, about 35 S, type submarines, 4 airplane carrier., j 8 gun-boats, named for island pos-' sessions, and a lartre number of aux-1 iliaries. The following ships are under un-der construction: 4 heavy cruisers, 5 fleet submarines, 2 airplane carriers car-riers and 2 gun-boats. |