OCEAN FORAYS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 February 1943, Page 3

OCEAN FORAYS

WORK OF AMERICAN SUBMARINES IN PACIFIC. (Bv Telegraph—Ptess Association— Copyright) NEW YORK, February 7. The “New York Times” Pearl Harbour correspondent cables: “The Pacific used to be a pretty big ocean to us, but now it is like our 'own backyard. We operate from one end to the other, not giving the matter a second thought,” commented Lieutenant Com-, mander David White, returning from a successful submarine excursion in Japanese waters. Lieutenant-Commander White said he sighted an object in the Yellow Sea on a moonlit night, which he believed to be an island, but which turned out to be a huge cargo vessel. The first torpedo missed, and the second started a terrific explosion. The ship almost disintegrated in a tremendous sheet of yellow flames and- sank within five minutes. The crew of the submarine watched the spectacle from the bridge. Later the same night, White sighted three ships, and chased them for hours, threading his way among a flotilla of fishing boats. He sank one and probably destroyed the two others.