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Large diesel engines for German destroyers

Storing large diesel engines would allow destroyer construction to begin with propulsion already available.

Question

What should Germany stockpile in 1937?

Short answer

Large diesel engines that could be used as the basis for destroyer machinery.

Notes

Whole destroyers or U-boats do not fit the warehouse premise. A small additional group of Schnellboote is also dismissed as offering too little. The preferred proposal is to stock large diesel engines and build destroyers around them.