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The Washington Naval Conference was a disarmament conference called by the United States and held in Washington, D.C., from November 12, 1921, to February 6, 1922. [1]
The terms of the Washington Naval Treaty were modified by the London Naval Treaty of 1930 and the Second London Naval Treaty of 1936. By the mid-1930s, Japan and Italy renounced the treaties, while Germany renounced the Treaty of Versailles which had limited its navy. Naval arms limitation became increasingly difficult for the other signatories.
Aircraft carriers (AV, CV, CVL and CVA), the Navy's first carrier, USS Langley (CV-1), was converted from a collier, while carriers USS Lexington (CV-2) and USS Saratoga (CV-3) were started as battlecruisers but were also converted to carriers due to the Washington Naval Treaty. USS Ranger (CV-4) was the first purpose-made carrier. Like ...
The National Council for the Reduction of Armaments was the headquarters for the civic organizations that marshaled American public opinion to support the naval arms reductions at the Washington Naval Arms Reduction Treaty of 1922. Cover from Literary Digest Magazine, anti-war coverage. October-December 1921
Naval conference can refer to: London Naval Conference (1908–1909) Washington Naval Conference, 1921–1922; Geneva Naval Conference, 1927;
Washington Conference may refer to: Washington Peace Conference , a meeting of representatives of all states still in the Union in an attempt to avert the American Civil War, 1861. Washington Naval Conference , a meeting between representatives of nine nations with interests in the Pacific; November 1921 and February 1922.
Specific naval treaties that emerged during this era include the Washington Naval Treaty in 1921 and the London Naval Treaty in 1930. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In the latter half of and after World War I, the United States embarked on a large battleship construction program, with the passage of the Naval Act of 1916 allowing for the construction of ten ...
The 1926 State of the Union Address was given by Calvin Coolidge, the 30th United States President, on Monday, December 6, 1926, to the United States House of Representatives, and the United States Senate.