U-BOAT OFFENSIVE
8.,000-Ton Tanker SUNK OFF FLORIDA. (Rec. 8.10.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. The U.S. Navy announces that the eight thousand-ton United States “Cities Service Empire” was torpedoed and sunk off the Atlantic coast early on Sunday. Eleven members of the crew 1 were lost. Thirty survivors have landed at Fort Pierce, in Florida. TANKER TORPEDOED. (Rec. 9.10). WASHINGTON, Feb., 24. The U.S. Navy has announced that the tanker “Republic” has been torpedoed off the Atlantic coast of the United States. Twenty-eight survivors from her have landed at West Palm Beach. They said' that two torpedoes hit the “Republic” on Saturday night, but the ship was not sunk. Three of the crew were killed by torpedoes. Two others were drowned. >
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Grey River Argus, 26 February 1942, Page 5
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