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At Hunter's Point, on the southern edge of San Francisco, on the inner harbor, elaborate plans are under way for increased activity in the care and culture of men-of-war

From this shore the "Oregon" slid into the water and from here she made the famous journey that spurred the United States to the building of the Panama Canal



Warships at temporary rest in the most secluded harbor of the world, or dry-docked for emergency repairs along the Sequestered shores of inland waters, may face unequal and hopeless battle with aerial enemies unless both ships and shores are provided with adequate fleets of aerial destroyers, armed to repel invasion from the air and swifter in flight than the ammunition-laden emissaries from hostile ships off-shore 783