Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...College at Newport. From that post he was assigned to the Bureau of Aeronautics at Washington, a circumstance that gave a major twist to his career. Soon after he was sent to San Diego, given the aircraft carrier Langley and made commander of the aircraft squadron of the battle fleet. In that post he was credited with doing a masterful job in whipping the Navy's air force into an effective fighting unit. After a year he was made a rear admiral, but in spite of his rank, dignity and grey beard, he was frequently to be found...
...Navy's future into a diplomatic straitjacket. In the name of peace and disarmament, President Hoover whittled away at its appropriation year after year, almost brought its building program to a standstill. It was Admiral Pratt's grim duty to stand by and watch the U. S. fleet (except for capital ships) dwindle from supposed parity with Great Britain to actual inferiority to Japan. Last June Admiral Pratt was retired and Admiral William Harrison Standley succeeded him as Chief of Naval Operations (TIME, May 8). With a President in the White House friendly to the Navy Admiral Standley...
With a second great victory to his credit, Admiral Standley promptly proceeded toward a third. He pointed out that aircraft are just as necessary to a fleet as guns or ammunition, for his new ships he would need 1,184 new airplanes. Promptly the committee approved a bill to increase the Navy's air fleet from 1,000 to 2,184 planes...
...conference in British Eastern waters was 13 years ago. Host last week in Singapore harbor aboard his flagship cruiser Kent was a rare and racy Tipperary-blooded quarter decker, Admiral Sir Frederic Charles Dreyer. He was Flag Captain in the Battle of Jutland to Admiral Jellicoe of the Grand Fleet, today commands the China Station...
...confused with the novel about the war between Japan and the U. S. with a preface by Vice Admiral Suetsugu, Commander of the Japanese Fleet (TIME...