WARFARE AT SEA
ENEMY SUBMARINE PROBABLY DESTROYED. ATTACK ON PACIFIC CONVOY. (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) (By le g P^ EW yORK) February 11. The Navy announced the sinking of the tanker W. L. Stead by a torpedo off the coast of New Jersey. Three survivors of her crew of 38 have reached the shore. The apparent destruction of a submarine by depth charges somewhere in the Pacific, after it had crashdived to escape ramming by a United States destroyer, was reported by the navy public relations officer in San Francisco. The incident occurred while destroyers were escorting a convoy of 22 transports and merchantmen, all of which reached port safely after a voyage of over a week.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 February 1942, Page 3
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117WARFARE AT SEA Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 February 1942, Page 3
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