Allied Subs. In Pacific

Northern Advocate, 22 March 1944, Page 3

Allied Subs. In Pacific

(Received 12 Noon (8.0. W.) RUGBY, March 21. Further sucessful attacks ori Japanese supply shipping are reported by British submarines operating in Far Eastern waters. Seven ships, including two medium and two small, were sunk, also one large supply-ship ■"'and one mideum were torpedoed and severely damaged. A smaller vessel attacked by gunfire was driven ashore and burst into flames. One submarine fought a brisk gun action with a large river steamer, scoring more than 20 hits. When last seen the ship had stopped and was burning fiercely and in a sinking condition.

American Successes

United States Navy Department states that American submarines have sunk 15 enemy vessels in Far Eastern Pacific waters. They consisted of cne large transport, one medium transport; one large tanker, nine medium freighters and one medium tanker.

The Secretary for the Navy (Colonel Knox) said British*and American submarines were working together in tho Pacific, but the earlier British Admiralty announcement regarding Japanese ships sunk and damaged did not include any of the 15 vessels reported in the American communique. Colonel Knox added that the skill of American submarine men was increasing at such a rate that they were outdistancing the improved Japanese dnti-submarine techniques.