[No. 39] TOTAL TONNAGE OF VESSELS (BY CLASSES) LAID DOWN OR APPROPRIATED FOR SINCE FEBRUARY 6, 1922 (DATE OF WASHINGTON CONFERENCE) 1 Does not include tonnage of 2 submarines. Does not include tonnage of 4 gunboats. No data available as to tonnage. Does not include tonnages of 1 repair ship and 1 submarine tender. No data avail O able as to these tonnages. Does not include tonnages mentioned in (2) and (3). These are combined mine sweepers and mine layers. Includes 1 ex-Austrian tanker added to Italian Navy in 1923. 7 No information on Italian ships appropriated for but not building. COMPARATIVE NAVAL DATA FOR THE TREATY NAVIES (CORRECT AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1926) Comparison based on ratio of tonnage for capital ships established by Washington Conference Treaties for Limitation of Naval Armament 1 Above figures do not include Marine Corps personnel. The United States has 1,190 officers and 17,877 men in the Marine Corps of which 64 officers and 2,177 men serve afloat. The British Empire has 423 officers and 10,350 men in the Royal Marines, of whom 157 officers and 5,085 enlisted men serve afloat. Japan has no force corresponding to the Marine Corps of the United States and the British Empire. Includes 1,535 retired officers of all ages and 335 retired enlisted men under 55 years of age. Includes an estimated total of 306 officers and 2,795 men of Royal Air Force performing naval aviation duties. The Royal Air Force is a separate department, ranking with the Army and the Navy, and had 3,447 officers including 103 cadets, 28,560 airmen and 9,804 civilians and natives on Aug. 31, 1926. Since in the United States, Japan, and France naval aviation personnel forms an integral part of the Navy, it seems only fair that the personnel of the British Air Force performing duties in connection with naval aviation should be classed in this comparison. Includes 4,154 merchant marine personnel paid by naval appropriations manning auxiliaries such as tankers, yard craft, hospital ships, fleet service tugs, etc., which are manned in the United States and other navies by regular officers and enlisted personnel except that an average of 100 civilians are employed under the U. S. Navy Department for yard craft, ferry service, barges, and lighters. Does not include 188 cadets undergoing training in battleships and battle cruisers. Does include 125 naval constructors and 75 civil engineers. Naval constructors and civil engineers do not hold commissions in the British Navy but perform duties similar to those of naval constructors and civil engineers, U. S. Navy. Includes 7,481 retired officers and pensioners of all ages and 18,502 retired enlisted men under 55 years of age. • Figures as of July 1, 1926. There were 675 officers and 6,100 men in Japanese naval aviation on Sept. 1, 1926. 'French total includes 218 officers and 3,650 men in naval aviation. Nelson and Rodney building to replace Ajax, Centurian, King George V and Thunderer. When this replacement is affected capital ship tonnage for British Empire will be (20 ships) 558,950 tons. British Empire and Japanese Empire retain four battle cruisers each, United States retaining none. When Nelson and Rodney are completed, the following status will obtain: (167) 20038-26-No. 40 Following the Washington Conference Treaties for Limitation of Naval Armament the following capital ships were scrapped: TABLE III-Scrapped under treaty terms 1 Includes Oregon and Illinois permitted to be retained for noncombatant purposes. TABLE IV.—Aircraft carriers (limited) All experimental with exception of British carrier Furious of 19,100 tons, completed September, 1923. Under terms of treaty experimental carriers may be replaced at any time provided total carrier tonnage is not exceeded. Maximum individual allowed tonnage of aircraft carriers is 27,000 tons. Most powers favor smaller carriers than this. General Board of United States Navy recommended in 1925 immediate construction of one 23,000-ton carrier. Lexington and Saratoga, which were building as battle cruisers, are being completed as aircraft car riers. 4 Courageous and Glorious. Does not include 1 seaplane carrier building in Australia. Akagi, formerly building as battle cruiser; Kaga, formerly building as battleship. Bearn, ex-battleship. |