Naval Act of 1916

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Big_Navy_Act
gptkbp:approvedBy construction of auxiliary vessels
construction of 10 battleships
construction of 10 scout cruisers
construction of 50 destroyers
construction of 6 battlecruisers
construction of 67 submarines
gptkbp:context gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:dateEnacted August 29, 1916
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:goal to make the U.S. Navy equal to or surpass the British Royal Navy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Naval Act of 1916
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:purpose to increase the size and strength of the United States Navy
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkb:Preparedness_Movement
gptkbp:repealedBy Naval Act of 1918
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Woodrow_Wilson
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Benjamin_Tillman
gptkb:Claude_A._Swanson
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Big_Navy_Act
gptkb:United_States_Navy_battleship_program
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7