soc.history.war.world-war-ii

In article <47ba537f$0$4437$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>,
removenospam_yauchiam@gmail.com (YMC) wrote:

> (If I remember correctly, that is)

Sounds like what I remember, authorisation and appropriation were two
different things. IIRC the later Vincent-Trammel act gave blanket
authorisation to build to treaty limits but what the Navy could actually
build depended on available funding.

In part this was because earlier examples of authorising and funding
specific ships in one bill had resulted in a compromised design to stay
within the money authorised as detailed design could not be done until
after a ship was authorised. An example is the early pre-dreadnoughts
which had a Congress imposed limit on spending on hull construction.

Ken Young