"ALMOST INCREDIBLE"
SHIP HIT AT 26 MILES
(Rec. 2 p.m.) NEW YORK, Jan. 29. How the French battleship Jean Bart, lying at Casablanca when the Allies invaded North Africa, was hit and crippled by an American battleship from a distance of 26 miles, was told by Rear-Admiral Hooper to the Radio Engineers' Institute. He said the first broadside, directed by radio from an observation plane, hit the Jean Bart's deck, but did not put the ship out of action. The observation plane suggested a slight change in elevation, and another salvo from the same almost incredible distance struck the Jean Bart's side at the waterline, smashing the hull beyond repair.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19430130.2.73
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 25, 30 January 1943, Page 8
Word Count
110"ALMOST INCREDIBLE" Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 25, 30 January 1943, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in