Naval Appropriation Bill Provides for New Warships

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 7, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 19.

Naval Appropriation Bill Provides for New Warships

The House committee on naval affairs has completed the naval appropriation bill. This bill provides for the construction of 2 battle-ships of 16,000 tons displacement, to cost, exclusive of armor and armament, $4,212,000 each; 2 armored cruisers of 14,500 tons displacement, to cost, exclusive of armor and armament, $4,659,000; and two gunboats of 1,000 tons, to cost $382,000 each. The battle-ships will be the largest ever ordered for the American navy and among the largest in the world. The whole amount carried by this appropriation bill is $76,000,000.