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When its two-ocean fleet is complete, the U.S. will have 32 battleships-17 spang new, 15 of the old fleet. And the rest of its new ships (including eleven more carriers, 54 cruisers, 192 destroyers, 73 submarines) are taking shape apace. Good example: Portsmouth Navy Yard announced last week that it hoped to keep up with its "usual record"-a new submarine launched every six weeks...
...vessel is the huge Surcouf, which has been in Portsmouth, N.H. for repairs for two months. On the surface, the Surcouf displaces 2,880 tons, more than twice as much as the sunk destroyer Reuben James (1,193 tons). Submerged, she displaces 4,304 tons. She can cruise 12,000 miles-more than two complete round trips from Plymouth, Mass, to Plymouth, England. She is so big that she carries a seaplane in a hangar aft of her turret...
...Leslie G. Ritner, Waterloo, Iowa, The Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N. H.; Charles G. Sellers Jr., Charlotte, N. C., Central High School, Charlotte; Douglas R. Spencer, Eugene, Ore., University High School, Eugene; Hugo G. W. Stockbridge, Forest, Va., Virginia Episcopal School, Lyncliburg; Bernardo H. Tovar, Chicago, III., Portsmouth Priory School, Portsmouth, R. I.; and Charles C. Works Jr., Denver, Colo., Fountain Valley School, Colorado Springs, Colo...
Lieutenant Michaut is an officer on the Surcouf, a giant submersible which is now in Portsmouth Harbor, being refitted for further operations on behalf of the DeGaulle forces...
...would not be any worse off than Iceland is now. Further, the British-American occupation has upped living costs for Iceland's residents 70%, disrupted the island's foreign trade, upset many an Icelandic lass. (Last week four U.S. Marines got 10 to 20 years in Portsmouth (N.H.) prison for rape committed in Iceland.) Nevertheless Premier Jönasson was still anxious to cooperate...