Word: destroyermen
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...destroyermen did not grieve long for the lost 50; they went discreetly, quietly after more. Last week-as Washington's bars began to buzz with the rumor that Britain might get more old destroyers -Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox announced that contracts had been let for 40 more "tin cans," to cost an average of $6,300,000 each. They will be paid for out of authorizations already made for the two-ocean programs. After previous contracts were awarded, there was still some tonnage left over. Navy men passed the word that the new building would slow...
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