Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fleet of 18 shells which has been practicing on the Charles River for the past two days will soon be augmented by a number of boats manned by Freshmen having their first crew experience this fall. The Leviathan has been taking several trips each afternoon under the direction of Coach H. H. Haines and the green oarsmen will be shipped in shells as soon as they have mastered the fundamentals...
...Japan's Naval Minister, suave Admiral Takeshi Takarabe, told correspondents in Tokyo with polite circumlocution that he considered the Anglo-U. S. figures for achieving parity somewhat too high. The policy of the Imperial Government at the Five Power Conference, he said, would be to urge slightly lower fleet tonnages for all concerned in all categories. Japan will ask to be allowed to maintain a cruiser fleet 70% as strong as that of either Britain or the U. S., will demand absolute parity with the major powers in submarines. Today under the famed 5-5-3 ratio...
...There are three things which we cannot renounce. First, we wish to keep our submarine fleet which we believe is strictly necessary for the defense of our shores and our colonial empire. Second, we must assure the protection of our colonial routes, otherwise our colonial empire will disappear. Third, we cannot forget that our needs must be calculated after account has been taken of the fact that France has coasts in two widely separated seas...
...consequence we cannot subscribe to naval parity with any other European Continental power such as would result in our Mediterranean fleet being in a position of inferiority in that...
...take over the assets of the North Atlantic Oyster Farms, Inc. operating in Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York. North Atlantic Oyster Farms, Inc. is the largest unit in the industry. Through five subsidiary companies it holds some 35,000 acres of oyster beds, has a fleet of 30 boats, prepares oysters for market in five shore plants...