JAPS CLAIM SEA VICTORY
Six Large U.S. War Vessels Sunk SOUTH OF BOUGAINVILLE (Rec 1.40) NEW YORK, Dec. 6. Another smashing sea victory has been claimed by the Tokio official radio. It says: Japanese naval planes on Friday night, south of Bougain ville in the Northern Solomons, sank a United States battleship, three aircraft carriers, and two cruisers. The planes set fire to another battleship, and possibly sank one heavy cruiser and one destroyer. The Japanese losses were given as six planes. It is pointed out that last month the Japanese claimed to have sunk ‘ten carriers and three battleships, when in fact they sank only one baby flat.-top.
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Grey River Argus, 7 December 1943, Page 5
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