Cinderellas of the fleet . nd then, too, the intelligent inspection by Rear Admiral Littleand his assistants, for both our own and the French Government,greatly facilitated the work, as did that of Engineer Commander Nibbsfor the British and Major Galileo for the Italian Government. Glorious as was the accomplishment of this tremendous task, thesatisfaction of a job well done was enhanced by the recognition itdrew forth from the governments involved. In addition to thetestimony of the British, French and Italian officers, was the prac-tical commendation of their governments in reordering Stand
Cinderellas of the fleet . nd then, too, the intelligent inspection by Rear Admiral Littleand his assistants, for both our own and the French Government,greatly facilitated the work, as did that of Engineer Commander Nibbsfor the British and Major Galileo for the Italian Government. Glorious as was the accomplishment of this tremendous task, thesatisfaction of a job well done was enhanced by the recognition itdrew forth from the governments involved. In addition to thetestimony of the British, French and Italian officers, was the prac-tical commendation of their governments in reordering Standardengines right up to the end of the war and even taking delivery infull of everything that was in the course of construction at the time—a striking proof of their appreciation. The commendation of the Secretary of our own Navy, the Daniels, on opposite page, was a fitting climax and a mostgratifying ending and rounding out of a war work in keeping withthe tradition and success of the Standard Victory, a super-sub chaser designed by Irwin Chase, built by the ElcoWorks and powered with twin Standards of 500 H. P. each. The Sccrctary opthi Navy ISTA-VY DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON Ootober 22,1918. Dear Sir: The Department desires to express itsappreciation of the excellent showing made by yovtrCompany on the delivery of the fifty sets of pro-pelling machinery for the 110 ft. submarineohasers recently delivered to the French Govern-ment. The records show that the last of theseboats oompleted trials within eighteen days ofthe contract date of delivery of the boats. Another undertaking which should be ofspecial interest to yon and your employees isthe excellent showing made by submarine chasersin the recent Allied raid on the Austrian NavalBase at Durazzo, of which you have undoubtedlyseen press reports. Please ezrpress to yourorganization the thante of the Havy Departmentfor the splendid spirit of co-operation which hasmade such resiilts possible. Very truly
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