SINKINGS IN ATLANTIC
TURNING POINT HOPED FOR New York, Aug. 31. The Washington correspondent of the New York “Herald-Tribune” says that a turning point has apparently been reached in the battle of the Atlantic. The official list of ship sinkings by Axis submarines in the western Atlantic. Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Sea which the Navy Department has published for August shows a drop of 50 per cent, compared with the previous three months The Navy reports that only 31 United Nations ships were torpedoed in August. This total compares with 68 torpedoed in July. 78 in June, and 61 in May.
The Navy is reticent about boasting over this achievement, partly because in the past statements have been made by the Secretary of the Navy, Colonel Knox, and others asserting that the Üboat menace “conquered” was invariably followed by a new and bigger wave of sinkings. The reductions may be due to a seasonal slump, since the short summer nights are unfavourable for submarine operations, and it is also possible that the Nazis are transferring submarines to other war theatres. At any rate, the navy authorities view the submarine situation with relative optim ism and consider that the convoy system is now controlling the U-boat menace.—P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 1 September 1942, Page 5
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