St. Thomas asking for an American station ship according to the Dutch newspaper Het Vaderland: staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad evening edition dated 5 February 1935

St. Thomas which was the largest island of the Virgin Islands a former Danish colony which was bought in 1916 by the United States of America asked the American government to station a warship over there. The reason was not that the inhabitants expected a war but they believed that the expenses done by the officers and other crewmembers of such a ship was sufficient enough to sort out the finance of the island. According to them possessed the island a magnificent harbour to station such a ship and the island didn’t have to ask any more for financial support of the American government. (1)

Note
1. In the past were the island regularly visited by ships of the Danish navy.