SHIPPING LOSSES
(Rec. 6.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 22. Though the Battle of the Atlantic has by no means been won, sinkings have decreased sharply and the Navy hopes for a further improvement, says The New York World-Telegram. It adds that since the Pearl Harbour attack there have been 356 announced attacks on Allied ships in the North Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico and off the South American coast. Almost all the vessels have been sunk, including eight in December, 42 in March, 53 in April, 61 in May, 78 in June, 68 in July and 19 so far in August The improvement is due to inx creased convoying by warships and searching aeroplanes and the use of trained personnel. The newspaper points out that submarines in the Great War could submerge only 100 feet and were easier to depth-bomb than now, when they descend to 600 feet in order to escape' the destroyers’ “ash-cans.”
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Southland Times, Issue 24830, 24 August 1942, Page 5
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156SHIPPING LOSSES Southland Times, Issue 24830, 24 August 1942, Page 5
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