Show T washington t NEWS LETTER I 1 by congressman GRANGER GRANGE I 1 H y ALMOST AS MANY SHIPS AS MEN the united states navy the worlds biggest now has almost as many ships ship and boats as it had men in 1938 thai tha was the startling revelation recently made with the announcement that vessels of all categories have been added to the force of which existed on december 7 1941 the day the japanese attacked pearl harbor in 1933 1938 the fleet had only officers and men the craft include 1150 combatant ships of the lines 82 landin landing ships and craft and auxiliaries th the remainder consist of patrol and and mine mine craft and small boats this is all good news when we realize that the conquering of the islands of the pacific will depend to a great extent upon the powers of the navy to land the men and materials on every island used as a base or a battlefield |