Senate Committee Restores Three Light Cruisers and Adds Air Funds to Navy Bill

The appropriations panel reverses the House, adding 1,500 men and $2 million for the five-year aviation program.

By the Monochrome Chronicles desk, from reports by Evening Star and New Britain Herald
Edited by Daniel Varrone · Archive edition, written October 30, 2026, 12:00 PM ET, about events of January 17, 1927

The Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday inserted into the naval appropriation bill a provision for beginning construction of three additional light cruisers, which the House had defeated, the Associated Press reported.

The committee also agreed to a naval personnel of 84,000 men, 1,500 more than the House bill provided, and added $2,000,000 to the aviation appropriation to carry out the five-year naval aviation program. Senator Hale, a Maine Republican and chairman of the Senate naval committee, will manage the bill on the Senate floor. The Evening Star said Hale and others attacked the Budget Bureau in the committee’s discussion.

Sources

Evening Star (Washington), Jan. 17, 1927: the cruisers, personnel and aviation funds <https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1927-01-17/ed-1/?sp=1>
New Britain Herald, Jan. 17, 1927: the same committee action <https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82014519/1927-01-17/ed-1/?sp=1>

This article was drafted with automated tools from the sources listed, checked by a review pass, and published by Daniel Varrone. Corrections: editor@monochromechronicles.com

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