Show U S navy planning to retire 66 ships by 1938 san diego calif during the next 20 months the united states navy will place at least 66 ships on the retired list it was learned in naval circles here the majority of these vessels will be destroyers and submarines which now are based at san diego and which will be replaced by newer fighting craft by the end of the 1938 fiscal year 32 san diego destroyers will have been de commissioned along with three submarines thirteen other destroyers will lose their places on navy lists before july 1938 1933 before july I 1 of this year the san diego destroyers buchanan Buc harian crown in shield evans hale lea philip roper twiggs aaron W ward a r d wickes chandler dahlgren litt bilili h field overton preble tracy hovey long and southard will be gone others listed for early decosmis dioning include the borle borie brooms dallas macleish mccormick perry pruitt sicard simpson trever truxton and zane ten submarines are listed for the naval junk heap they are the donita bonita bass barracuda based in san diego and the S 18 13 E 21 S 22 S 23 S 30 S 31 S 32 S 33 S 34 and S 35 four minelayers mine layers also are to go along with the destroyers blakeley bernadou breckenridge cole du pont font ellis greer tarbell upshur and yarnall which are based outside of san diego newer speedier and M more ol modern 0 d fighting craft alra already dy buiTt built 0 or r under construction are scheduled to take the places of the overage over age vessels in fleet anchorages on the pacific and atlantic coasts it was said bringing the navy up to near full strength |