Admiral Robert E. Coontz, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Fleet, drew up a report on the Winter maneuvers (TIME, Jan. 28) which was a list of deficiencies:
¶ Eight of the older battleships need to have the angles of fire of their main batteries increased, so that they may compete in range with British and Japanese vessels.
¶ Auxiliary ships with increased speed must be developed, because these ships now constrain the fleet to a speed of less than 10 knots. only ship of its...
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