TANKER SUNK
PROBABLE DESTRUCTION OF SUBMARINE New York, Feb. 11. . The Navy announced the sinking of, 1 the tanker W. L. Stead by a torpedo j 1 off the coast of New Jersey. Throe , g survivors of her crew of 33 have 1 1 reached the shore. ! 1 The apparent destruction of a sub - j £ marine by depth charges somewhere ; r in the Pacific, after it had crash- j dived to escape ramming by a United h States destroyer, was reported by the c navy public relations officer in San ' a Francisco. \ r The incident occurred while de- i D stroyers were escorting a convoy of ! 22 transports and merchantmen, all of j ( which reached port safely after a voyage of over a week.—P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 13 February 1942, Page 5
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124TANKER SUNK Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 13 February 1942, Page 5
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