US Navy lacking sufficient number of auxiliary ships according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad 1935 no. 7

An item referred to the magazine M.R. dated November 1935 which reported that admiral Standley (1) stated that the naval manoeuvres clearly showed the lacking of a sufficient number of auxiliary ships as fast tankers, mother ships for destroyers and submarines, transports, floating workshops, minesweepers and hospital ships. To solve this problem was an annual budget of 13.000.000 US dollars needed.

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1. The US admiral William Harrison Stanley (18 December 1872 Ukiah, California-25 October 1963 San Diego, California)? He was in the period 1 July 1933-1 January 1937 chief of naval operations and during the Second World War between 14 April 1942 and 19 September 1943 ambassador to the Soviet Union.