Word: jutland
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...pointed out that England has only one capital ship built since Jutland-the Hood; that America has three such; that England has no 30,000-ton battleships, that America has eight and will shortly have ten; that the British naval personnel is 99,500; that the American is 116,400; that British naval expenditures are lower than American...
Recent events show that the battleship's usefulness has passed its maximum point. A serious inquiry on the advisability of continuing the construction of mammoth cruisers has been made by the British Council of imperial Defense. Admiral von Scheer, who commanded the German fleet at Jutland, has expressed the view of the Fatherland that the surrender of its surface vessels contains little excuse for regret. Secretary Daniels has ordered for the near future a definite test of the battleship's vulnerability which may have an important effect in determining our naval policy. Public opinion everywhere seems adverse to pursuing...