JAP. FREIGHTERS LOST
SUBMARINE SINKS 65,000 TONS LONDON, March 15. From Australia comes news of an Allied submarine which has reached port there after sinking 65,000 tons of Japanese shipping. The vessel made a 60-day voyage, of 6000 miles, in Indo-China, Philippine and Malayan waters, Although she was bpmbed, dive-bombed and 'depthcharged, she suffered only minor damage. A United States naval communique states: In the Far East our submarines sank an enemy freighter during the course of extended operations in Japanese waters. A 3000-ton enemy gasoline tanker was sunk in the Philippine area. These sinkings are in addition to those reported previously.
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Grey River Argus, 18 March 1942, Page 6
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