OCEAN-WIDE PATROLS
AMERICAN SUBMARINE IN
YELLOW SEA
NEW YORK, February 7,
"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 Lieuten-ant-Commander 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 it turned out to be a huge cargo vessel. The first torpedo missed, and the second caused 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 Lieutenant-Com-mander 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 others.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 33, 9 February 1943, Page 5
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