An item reported that according to the American minister of navy Thomas (1) the Soviet submarine fleet was 7 seven times larger as the German submarine fleet in the begin of the Second World War. It numbered nowadays 375 units.
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1 Charles Sparks Thomas 28 September 1897 Independence, Missouri-17 October 1983 Corona del Mar, California). Secretary of Navy 3 May 1954-1 April 1957 and succeeded by Gates.
