American naval attaché at Berlin, German reported on 22 July 1938 No. R-440 that at Kiel, Germany day and night shifts were observed on the aircraft carrier, at present about half completed.
Day and night shifts observed on a large cruiser in the floating dock, name not known.
One 10,000 tons cruiser not named probably “I”, ready for launching.
Destroyers are going into commission more frequently than in the past.
Rumors of a large reserve of submachinery and periscopes on hand for which the necessary hulls could be built in a very short time.
Source
National Archives USA. Record Group 38: Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Series: Secret Naval Attaches Reports. selected naval attaché reports relating to the world crisis, 1937-1943. Probability of an Outbreak of War (pt.). Berlin. Roll M975-003.
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