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Signing of the London Naval Treaty

Delegates from the United States, Great Britain, Japan, France, and Italy concluded the London Naval Conference and signed the London Naval Treaty on April 22, 1930, establishing limits on cruisers, destroyers and submarines and rules on submarine warfare.

The treaty extended interwar naval arms-control agreements, shaped naval force ratios (notably affecting U.S.-Japan relations), and represented a significant effort by the Hoover administration and other powers to restrain an international naval arms race.

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