Proposed U.S. Bases In The Pacific

This map shows the Pacific fortifications recommended, for early and later completion, in a report submitted to the United States Congress by the Secretary of the Navy.

The report was drawn up by the Naval Board, which had been instructed to indicate air, submarine, destroyer, and

mine bases, necessary for the defence of the United States and its possessions. The position is explained in an art icle on page 3. It is evident that the most sensitive point of American defence is the Panama Canal, and this plan of advanced bases has been arranged accordingly.