US Navy paying off battleships according to the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 17 February 1923

An item dated Washington, USA 17th reported that the American president Harding (1) asked the Congress to approve a budget of 20.950 US dollars needed for paying off battleships according to the Washington Naval Treaty.(2)

Notes

1. Warren Gamaliel Harding (2 November 1865 Blooming Groove, Ohio, USA-2 August 1923 San Francisco, California, USA), president 4 March 1921-2 August 1923.

2. Result of the Washington Naval Conference between November 1921-February 1922 signed by USA, England, Japan, Italy and France to limit the building of battleships, battle cruisers and aircraft carriers and to limit the possession of such capital ships by stopping completion of breaking up already existing.