 | 1921 - 780 páginas
...received. Among the conclusions reached by this board of high ranking experts was the following: (<;) The battleship is still the backbone of the fleet...nation's sea defense, and will so remain so long as the safe navigation of the sea for purposes of trade or transportation is vital to success in war.... | |
 | United States. Navy Dept - 1921 - 1506 páginas
...that the joint board in its report on these exercises expresses its conclusion that "the battle ship is still the backbone of the fleet and the bulwark of the Nation's sea defense" and that it has not been made obsolete by the airplane, opinions that have always been held by the Navy... | |
 | Australia. Parliament - 1924 - 1524 páginas
...also given in the publication frarn which I am quoting. I also note, according to this authority, that the battleship is still the backbone of the fleet and the bulwark of the nation in sea defence. That statement is worth giving, because if we are to undertake naval construction... | |
 | 1922 - 942 páginas
...report from which I have quoted do their best to save the prestige of the mastodon, by describing it as 'still the backbone of the fleet and the bulwark of the nation's sea defense'; but this opinion is largely negatived by the earlier passages in the same document. Allowance must... | |
 | 1922 - 1416 páginas
...report from which I have quoted do their best to save the prestige of the mastodon, by describing it as 'still the backbone of the fleet and the bulwark of the nation's sea defense'; but this opinion is largely negatived by the earlier passages in the same document. Allowance must... | |
 | 1922 - 1180 páginas
...instrument, leading to the abolition of the battleship has but added to the complexity of naval warfare. The battleship is still the backbone of the fleet, and the bulwark of the nation's sea defence, and will so remain so long as the safe navigation of the sea for purposes of trade or navigation... | |
 | Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies - 1924 - 786 páginas
...and will require, as all other types of vessels require, the eventual support of the battleship. (3) The battleship is still the backbone of the fleet and the bulwark of the nation's sea defence, and will so remain so long as the safe navigation of the sea for the purposes of trade or... | |
 | Jeffery S. Underwood - 1991 - 262 páginas
...bombing tests stated that airplanes were valuable auxiliaries, but it concluded that the battleship was "still the backbone of the fleet and the bulwark of the nation's sea defense." The air service sank three more obsolete American battleships over the next two years, but the official... | |
 | Gregory J. Rattray - 2001 - 536 páginas
...arm changed little. The Army-Navy Joint Board Report on the Ostfriesland bombing tests states that "[t]he Battleship is still the backbone of the fleet...and the bulwark of the Nation's sea defense and will remain so long as safe navigation of the sea for the purposes of trade or transportation is vital to... | |
 | 1921 - 890 páginas
...and will require, as all other types of vessels require, the eventual support of the battleship. (9) The battleship is still the backbone of the fleet...nation's sea defense, and will so remain so long as the safe navigation of the sea for purposes of trade or transportation is vital to success in war.... | |
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The battleship is still the backbone of the fleet and the bulwark of the nation's sea defense, and will so remain so long as the safe navigation of the sea for purposes of trade or transportation is vital to success in war. 
