The United States Navy Department reports the completion of a giant operating base at Londonderry guarding the western approaches of Britain in the critical Battle of the Atlantic, a Los Angeles message stated recently. Londonderry in this war has become the counterpart of Queenstown (Cobh), now in neutral Eire, which during the first World War was base for as many as 92 United States warships at one time. The Londonderry base is designed to refit, repair and supply destroyers and other light craft on Atlantic convoy duty. It was commissioned on February 5, but has just received its finishing touches —a job virtually Completed seven months after the United States entry into the war.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 September 1942, Page 2
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114Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 September 1942, Page 2
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