Show NAVY r MAN AN FACE REAL PROBLEM v Prom From Building Yards Not Deep Enough for Ship rOSTO BOSTON Sept By 9 3 By The Asso Asso- Associated Asso- Asso Associated dated Press While While the navys navy's giant aircraft art carrier the tho Lexington n rapidly nears completion at the Fore Foro River shipyards In Quincy navy au authorities arc are beginning to wonder it If the big boat can be ba moved to the oven open sea without t an net Of congress The Tha vessel essel has a draught of 3 25 feet Army engineers who yesterday completed a survey suney of the Fore River channel to the sea discovered ered a II con con- controlling controlling trolling con trolling depth depth but of but feet et mean 10 low water and anI only 31 feet at high tide Marine authorities said that even at full tide the slight clearance would Involve a risk for a ship of oS o her lier size The Tho builders have relinquished reo re responsibility tor fol the te launching and It wilt will be up to the navy to get the ship out of or the the bottle tho bottle the find final solution may may- may demand a special con con- congressional con congressional gressional appropriation tor for deepenIng deepen Ing the tho channel an expensive expensive prop as the engineers found a rock bottom which roust must be blasted The The- Lexington I Is 53 feet over alt all with rn nn extreme beam of or feet running down the shallo shallow channel she must pass pIUS a 12 foot foot draw v bridge bridee span with shallow water on both side sides Originally laid down as a battle cruIser the Lexington was as as made over o-er as II a a result result of the naval limita limitation tion tI treaty with delivery to the gov v eminent set for late next spring all o 01 early caly summer |