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Show Navy Lets Go Ships Used on Extra List WASHINGTON, May 2. Demobilization Demobili-zation of the navy from the maximum of 2400 ships operated during the war, including hundreds of vessels from battleships of tho first line to yachts and anti-submarine craft, acquired for I ho emergency, is now virtually complete, com-plete, It was announced today by tho navy department. The reduction in ships, it was said, has been almost as great in proportion as tho demobilization demobiliza-tion of 400,000 In personnel, Tho largest vessels remaining to be , sold by the navy are the Noptatin and j Narragansett, 3500 ton passenger steamers taken over for transportation service for which bids already have been asked. |