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Bow And Stern Rebuilt On Argonaut DOGGED ATLANTIC CROSSING 2.30. PHILADELPHIA, June 29. The British cruiser Argonaut, at present fighting the Japanese in the Pacific, was "sunk" in the Mediterraneon in 1943, according to Berlin, which had every reason to believe a report that torpedoes blew off the Argonaut's, bow and blasted away the entire stern, including the rudder and two of the four propellers. An American Navy statement issued to-day said that by dogged determination the Royal Navy brought the cripple across the Atlantic under her own power. She was steered by the two remaining propellers, speeding on and slowing the other as required. Her speed once dropped as low as four knots. The Philadelphia Navy Yard, crammed with battle damaged jobs and 1 new construction, tackled the Argonaut. It was necessary to rebuild 182 ft of the 512 ft ship—s9ft on the bow and 123 ft aft, starting from a point nearly amidships.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 153, 30 June 1945, Page 6
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