Question 26. What is the most important naval-base requirement? Answer. The most important base development on shore is the completion of the Pearl Harbor base development project. Question 27. Have recent fleet maneuvers indicated that our ships are properly manned with an enlisted personnel of 86,000? Answer. It has not been practicable to keep in commission the desired number of vessels of required types because of an insufficient allowed personnel. It is for this reason that we have laid up so many destroyers which could be profitably engaged in fleet maneuvers. The ships in commission can be manned with only 90 to 95 per cent of their required complements. EXHIBIT D THE NAVY "In general, with respect to the Navy, we are nearer the 5-5-3 ratio at the present time than we were at the time of the signing of the treaty. That we shall eventually reach that ratio throughout the Navy I believe should be our future policy." SPEECH OF HON. FREDERICK HALE, OF MAINE, IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1924 THE NAVY Mr. HALE. Mr. President, during the debate on the naval appropriation bill the junior Senator from Tennessee [Mr. McKELLAR] asked me to place in the RECORD tables showing the relative strength of the navies of the United States, Great Britain, and Japan. I have had tables prepared by the Navy Department showing the principal combatant ships of the first line of the three navies built, building, and projected. The statistics in regard to the British Navy and our own Navy are, I believe, ac accurate. The information in regard to the Japanese Navy is not as reliable. I ask that the tables be printed in the RECORD. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Mr. HALE. I ask that Senators will please not interrupt me during the course of my remarks. When I have concluded I shall be glad to answer any questions that any Senator may see fit to ask. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has control of his own time. CAPITAL SHIPS British Empire Date Japan Date of Dis of Dis com- place- Speed Main battery ple- ment tion Name com- place- Speed Main battery ple- ment tion Name com-place- Speed Main battery ple- ment tion Knots Knots Knots 21 8 16-inch 45 1. Royal Sover 1916 25, 750 23 caliber guns. eign. 8 15-inch 42- 1. Mutsu. 1921 33,800 23 8 16-inch 45 21 .do...... 2. Royal oak.... 1916 25,750 23 do. 2. Nagato. 1920 33,800 23 3. Huiga. 1918 31, 260 23 4. Resolution... 1916 25,700 23 do. caliber guns caliber guns. 5. Ramillies.. 1917 25,750 23 do 4. Ise......... 1917 31, 260 23 1920 32,300 21.01 do. 6. Malaya... 1916 27,500 25 do 5. Yamashiro. 1917 30,600 22.5 21.29 do. 7. Valiant... 1916 27,500 25 do 6. Fu-So. 1915 30,600 22.5 1918 32,000 21.08 do 8. Barham 1915 27,500 25 do 7. Kirishima 1. 1915 27,500 27.5 8 14-inch 45 1917 32,000 21.09 .do.. 9. Queen Eliza 1915 27,500 25 do caliber guns. 1916 31,400 21.00 12 14-inch 45 beth. 8. Haruna 1 1915 27,500 27.5 Do. caliber guns. 10. Warspite... 1915 27,500 25 do -9. Hiyei 1 1914 27,500 27.5 Do. 21.05 ..do 11. Benbow 1914 25,000 21 of 1914 25,000 21 10 13.5-inch 45- 10. Kongo 1. 1913 27,500 27.5 Do. 1916 27,500 20.53 do. India. 1914 27,000 21.47 do.. 13. Iron Duke 1914 25,000 21 14. Marlborough. 1914 25,000 21 15. Hood 1 1920 41,200 31 1916 26,500 31.5 1911 21,825 22.08 10 12-inch 45 v. United States Date of Dis Name 1. West Virginia. 1923 32, 600 2. Colorado. 1923 32,600 3. Maryland. 1921 32,600 4. California. 1921 32,300 5. Tennessee. 6. Idaho 1919 32,000 7. New Mexico. 8. Mississippi... 9. Arizona.. 10. Pennsylvania... 1916 31,400 11. Oklahoma.... 1916 27,500 12. Nevada. 13. New York.. 14. Texas. 15. Arkansas. 16. Wyoming. 17. Florida.... 18. Utah.... 1911 21,825 525, 850 1 Battle cruisers. NOTES.-The United States has no battle cruisers. On the completion in 1925 or 1926 of the two new ships, namely, Rodney and Nelson, of 35,000 tons each, the Thunderer, King George V. Ajax, and Centurion will be scrapped as provided by the agreement reached at the Conference on the Limitation of Armament. The total tonnage to be retained by the British Empire will be 558,950 tons. Statement showing combatant ships in the navies of the United States, British Empire, and Japan-Continued Knots Knots do do do [7,000-8,000 tons. Speed of 29 knots plus] [3,000-5,600 tons. Speed of 29 knots plus] Japan Date of Knots 34 Do. 34 Do. Name Date of Dis com- place- Speed Main battery ple- ment tion Date of Dis Name com-place- Speed Main battery ple- ment tion 1. Hawkins....... 1919 9,750 30 2. Vindictive...... 1918 9,750 30 7-7.5-inch guns 19,500 1. Omaha..... 1923 7,500 33.7 12 6-inch guns. 2. Milwaukee. 1923 7,500 33.7 .do.. 3. Richmond.. 1923 7, 7,500 33.7 do. 4. Detroit. 1923 7,500 33.7 5. Concord.. 1923 7,500 33.7 do. 6. Cincinnati 1923 7,500 33.7 7. Raleigh... 1924 7,500 33.7 8. Trenton.. 1924 7,500 33.7 do. 60,000 Dis Name com- place- Speed Main battery ple- ment tion 1. Dispatch. 1922 4,765 29 6 6-inch. 1. Yubari 1923 3, 100 2. Diomede. 1922 4,765 29 .do... 2. Isudzu. 1923 5,570 33 6 5.5-inch. 3. Delhi... 1919 4,650 29 6 6.5-inch. 3. Nagara.. 1922 5,570 4. Dunedin. 1919 4,650 29 .do.... 4. Natori. 1922 5,570 5. Durban. 1921 4,650 29 do. 5. Yura... 1923 5,570 34 Do. 6. Danae... 1918 4,650 29 do. 6. Kinu. 1923 5,570 34 Do. 7. Dauntless 1918 4,650 29 do... 7. Kuma. 1920 5,500 33 Do. 8. Dragon.... 1918 4,650 29 ...do.. 8. Tama. 1921 9. Oniro... 5,500 133 Do. 1910 4, 190 20 & 6-inch.. 9. ΟΙ 10 A 1921 5,500 33 Do. 29 29 do. 13. Tenryu.. 1919 3,500 29 do 29 do. 29 do. 29 do. 29 do. 29 do. 12. Capetown. 1922 4, 190 13. Colombo 1919 4,190 14. Cardiff. 1917 4, 190 15. Ceres... 1917 4, 190 16. Coventry. 1918 4,190 17. Curacoa.. 1918 4, 190 18. Curlew.. 1917 4,190 19. Caledon. 1917 4, 120 20. Calypso 1917 4,120 21. Caradoc. 1917 4,120 22. Centaur. 23. Concord 24. Cambrian 1916 25. Canterbury. 1916 26. Castor.... 1915 27. Constance.. 1916 28. Calliope... 1915 3,750 29 29. Champion. 1915 3.750 29 30. Carysfort... 1915 3,750 29 31. Cleopatra..... 1915 32. Comus. 1915 33. Conquest. 1915 3,750 34. Aurora.. 1914 140, 190 1. Birmingham 1914 5,440 2. Lowestoft..... 1914 5,440 3. South Hamp- 1912 5,400 ton. 4. Dublin.... 1913 5,400 5. Yarmouth..... 1912 5,250 6. Adelaide..... 1922 5,550 7. Melbourne.... 1913 5,400 8. Sydney.... 1913 5,400 9. Brisbane... 10. Chatham... 1912 54, 090 2 Reported to have made 36 to 36.5 on trials. There are two other light cruisers on the effective list of the British Empire which are not included in the above table, the Dartmouth and Weymouth, completed in 1911, of 5,250 tons, 8 6-inch guns, speed 25 knots. None of the above-mentioned vessels have a speed exceeding 26 knots. There is one light cruiser, the Tone, of 4,100 tons, completed in 1910, still on Japanese effective list not included above. LIGHT CRUISERS BUILDING [8,000-10,000 tons. Speed of 29 knots plus] [5,600-7,000 tons. Speed of 29 knots plus-None) [3,000-5,600 tons. Speed of 29 knots plus] 7 5.5-inch. Do. Do. Name Statement showing combatant ships in the navies of the United States, British Empire, and Japan--Continued Date of Dis com- place- Speed Main battery Date of Dis Name com-place- Speed Main battery ple- ment tion Knots 9,750 30.5 7 7.5-inch...... 9,750 30.5 .do..... Knots 1. Effingham...... 2. Frobisher....... 19,500 1. Marblehead 7,500 33.7 12 6-inch..... 15,000 15, 100 Name Date of Dis com- place- Speed Main battery ple- ment tion Knots 4. Kako. 7,100 28, 400 1. Abukuma..... 5,570 34 2. Jintsu-U... 5,570 34 3. Sendai. 5,570 34 4. Naka 5,570 22, 280 Do. |