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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Biggest bulge in any navy man's Christmas stocking last week was a long weighty book-the 1938 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships. Compiled in Britain, this Who's Who of warships describes, classifies and pictures the armed vessels of the world so that naval officers who spot them on the horizon can tell at a glance to what nation they belong, what type of ship they are, and make preparations to fight or run away. Each year Jane's brings the compendium of marine armed forces up to date with details of new ships...
...Japan refused to sign the 1936 London Naval Treaty limiting battleships to 35,000 tons, but has given assurances that she did not intend to build bigger ship. Without bothering to call Japan a liar, Jane's reports that Japan is building four, all believed to be "over 40,000 tons," mounting eight or nine 16-inch guns each and having speeds of 30 knots. Two of them reportedly were put on the ways...
...Germany is planning to lay down a fourth 35,000-ton ship early in 1939 to add to the three she began in 1936-37 as her answer to France's new battle squadron...
...Largest of living invertebrates are the giant squids. In the early 19th Century a sea captain brought on board his ship fragments of such a giant which showed it to have been 50 ft. long, not including the ten arms. Scars of combat with giant squids have been found on the hides of whales. Largest of known insects, extinct for 170,000,000 years, had a wingspread of 2 ft. 6 in. Largest of known arthropods was Pterygotus, 9 ft. long, which faintly resembled a lobster and roamed on the Silurian sea bottoms of 350,000,000 years...
Meanwhile the ship's crew had got at the stuck landing gear after a half hour's work and hand-cranked it down into landing position. In the gathering night, the Frobisher sat neatly and easily down on Croydon field...