SUBMARINE MENACE
STEADY DECREASE IN LOSSES
NEW YORK, June 5,
Naval officials of the eastern sea frontier stretching from Canada to Jacksonville. Floradi. revealed that the submarine menace in the Atlantic between those points has been steadily decreasing. The actual losses suffered by the United Nations are slightly over half of 1 per cent. Out of a total of 2500 ships sailing from one eastern port, only 16 were sunk in coastal waters.
The official asserted: "We have been getting help from England, including corvettes and fishing trawlers, and the situation will continue to improve with the addition of other protective boats."
Rear-Admiral Kauffman, the new commander of the sea frontier in the
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 133, 8 June 1942, Page 6
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