SIG SIXTY—FOURTH CONGRESS. Snssl I. Ch. 417. 1916. I¤¤·¤=¤¤¤f¤=•N¤vy. r 1N¤1u·.AB1: OF THE NAVY. °°”"¥"”“°“ °'“"°" For the urpose of further increasing the Naval Establishment of gig-mr w my l' the Unitedp States, the President of the United States is hereby '°""·*"“°" authorized to undertake prior to July first, nmeteen hundred and nineteen, the construction of the vessels enumerated below: ,,,'};:“"'*°*“"’•**‘°‘ Ten first-class battleshrps, carrying as heavy armor and as powerful E I armanent as any vessels of their class, to have the highest practicable °°y °”°S°“°¤°°‘ speed and greatest desirable radius of action; four 0 these at a cost,
- excgigsxlyee o armor and not to exceed $11,500,000 each,
to gun as soon as prac ca . sumeucmaaa Six battle cruisers, canging suitable armor and as powerful armament as any vessels of eirclass, to have the highest practicable E°"’°“"““"“°”* speed and greatest desirable radius of section; four of these to cost, excgsive o armor and armarlrxmt, not to exceed $10,500,000 each, to ‘ begun as soon practice e. . '1‘¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¢¤m*¤¤r¤~ Ten scout_cruisers, carrying suitable protection and armament Em suited to their sine and rtlyhpe, to have the highest practicable speed Y°"'”‘““’“°“· and greatest desirable us of action; four to cost, exclusive of armor and armamxt, not to exceed $5,000,000 each, to be begun as soon as practica e. Fifty ¢¤rr>¤<1<>\>¤¤¢ Fifty torpedo-boat destroyers to have the highest practicable d°°°y°”` speed and greatest desirable radiub of action; twenty to cost, exclusive Mir www- 0 armor and armament, not to exceed $1,200,000 each, to be begun PWM as soon azllpractrcablez Provided, That not lem than four of these rmeammmr. shall be t on the Paciib coast: Provzkkdfurther, That the cost of coszmeaae construction on the Pacific coast does not exceed the cost of conzgrugtipn pin zhe coast, plus the cost of transportation from e an c 0 e ac c. .Ni¤¤ ¤¤·=* ¤¤l>¤¤=# Nine fleet submarines. mrbtyeutrmema _ Fifty-eight coast submarines, of which number three to have a
surface displacement of about eight hundred tons each, to cost,
¤~·»»~»··~··»··»··- 2’.§‘:}“f$¥L?.J§sZ$'3§"»?££h“Y.i‘l‘;°i‘i“°b'$‘tr‘L°% %’§‘i"’“ ’%"3°°*°°&.°“°*I1 1 ‘ _ IDOS 0Sl1'8 8H useful type of submarine which can be procured at a cost, exclusive ` D P M n · of armor and artmargixnt, ngtttlpo exceed ?700,000 each, shall be begun » v r¤ I ¤ · assoon as prac ica e· an sum 0 $8,217,000 hereb _rm___’ on mm pmatcc} gu tlhxe Ezmpnstrplictiogi of spbmsgines, to bl: avadablgiiiiibtil ·,, ex nre. 0 ess anweveotesum h th' d mb _ toll; n as soon as practicable shall be bxhliuiiii tiileolglagilfic glolegt: {§£g‘;’g,,,,,,,0n_ Prwqded, That the cost of construction on the_Pacific coast does not exceed the cost of construction on the Atlantic coast, plus the cost of transportation from the Atlantic to the Pacific. mpxéieprepusmn sub- Onlgssubmanixe, eqmfpped Withdthe Neff system of submarine p,,,,i,,,.,, 0 “ rop 10n exc USIVB 0 armor an armament, $250,000; P ovided, u§gg·’*yg“,§§,§_°bY° ”‘ }i*hat the bwners of the Neff system of submarine (propulshm will c0nStréupit,bm accordance with drawings, plans, an specifications pggvi e Hy them, one coast-defense submarine of about one hund and fty tons displacement when submerged, carrying mmoland_armament similar and equal to that of the "C" class of submarmes, with fittings, equipment, machinery, devices, appliances P and appurtenances 0 every kind with latest improvements, complete mcgpmm on accept- in s respects, and smta le for nayal purposes: Provided further, That the money apiropnated for this purpose shall not be `paid to the builders of said oat until the same has been completed, passed iatis acgorgy service tgsts, and been accepted by the Secretary of the 1 avy, u upgn suc completion, tests, and acceptance by the Secretary of the i avy the sum appropriated shall be paid. Three me naps Soélgirage one at a cost not to exceed $1,500,000, to be begun as e. R·P•*'°***P· One repair ship.
