No inadvertent omission in the drawings, plans, or specifications of any detail, object, or provision necessary to carry this contract into full and complete effect, in accordance with the object and intent of the plans and specifications relating thereto, shall operate to the disadvantage of the Government, and any such omission shall be satisfactorily supplied, performed, and observed by the contractor, and all claims for extra compensation by reason of, or for, or on account of such extra performance are hereby and in consideration of the premises expressly waived. The vessel shall after completion be delivered at the navy yard, Philadelphia, PA to the commandant of that yard. The contractor, subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth, will at its own risk and expense construct one light cruiser of not exceeding 10,000 tons standard displacement in accordance with the provisions of the act of Congress above mentioned, and in conformity with the aforesaid drawings, plans, and specifications, including duly authorized changes therein, which said drawings, plans, and specifications are hereto annexed and shall be deemed and taken as forming a part of this contract with the like operation and effect as if the same were incorporated herein. Now, THEREFORE, THIS CONTRACT WITNESSETH, That in consideration of the premises and of the agreements hereinafter contained the parties hereto hereby mutually agree as follows, that is to say:ĪRTICLE 1. Whereas drawings, plans, and specifications of said vessel have been duly provided, adopted and approved: Whereas after due advertisement the department has accepted the proposal of the contractor for the construction of one of said vessels, complete in all respects, with the exceptions stated in the specifications, which vessel is for the purposes of this contract designated and known as Light Cruiser No. Whereas the said act provides that “In the event of an international agreement, which the President is requested to encourage, for the further limitation of naval armament, to which the United States is signatory, the President is hereby authorized and empowered to suspend in whole or in part any of the naval construction authorized under this act” and Whereas the act entitled “An act to authorize the construction of certain naval vessels and for other purposes,” approved February 13, 1929, authorized the President of the United States “to undertake prior to July 1, 1931, the constriction of 15 light cruisers * * * according to the following program: (a) Five light cruisers during each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1929, 1930, and 1931 * * *: Provided, That if the construction of any vessel * * * authorized to be undertaken in the fiscal year ending Jor 1930, is not undertaken in that fiscal year, such construction may be undertaken in the next succeeding fiscal year” and 1929, by and between the New York Shipbuilding Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and doing business at Camden in the State of New Jersey, represented by the President of said corporation, party of the first part (hereinafter called the contractor), and the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of the Navy, party of the second part (hereinafter called the department). Premiums for improving fuel-oil guarantees.ĬONTRACT, of two parts, made and concluded this 15th day of August, A.D.
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