AMERICA’S PART
TOLL TAKEN OF ENEMY FORCES.
COLONEL KNOX GIVES DETAILS.
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) WASHINGTON, February 25. The Secretary of the Navy, Colonel Knox, announced that the United States Navy sank three enemy submarines and damaged four others during January and February, during which 56 attacks were made against submarines. Colonel Knox gave the Press the following summary of the war against Japanese shipping:— Battleships: One (Kongo class), damaged. Aircraft-carriers: .One sunk; one believed sunk. Cruisers: Two sunk. Destroyers: Seven sunk; one believed sunk. Submarines: Three sunk; one damaged. Seaplane tenders: One believed sunk. Minesweepers: One sunk. Gunboats: One sunk. Fleet tankers: Three sunk. Transports: Thirteen sunk; two believed sunk. Supply ships and merchantmen: Sixteen sunk. Miscellaneous ships: Six sunk; two believed sunk; three damaged.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 February 1942, Page 3
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125AMERICA’S PART Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 February 1942, Page 3
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