U.S. SUBMARINES ARRIVE AT AUCKLAND
(P.A.) Auckland. Sept. 9. Three submarines arrived this afternoon from Perth. They are the United States Navy’s 1500-ton vessels Ced. Cabrilla and Bluefish, which are returning via Panama to an Atlantic coast port after impressive records in the Pacific war. The senior captain is Lieutenant Commander Westbrook, of California. The submarines will refuel here. The length of their stay is indefinite. Lieutenant Commander Deloach, of Georgia, is captain of the Cabrilla and Lieutenant Commander Forbes of the Bluefish. The submarines, which are 300 ft. long, were commissioned in 1943 and they have completed seven or eight long patrols, ranging from 45 to 50 days each. Manned by young officers and crews, each has a complement of 88, but they normally carry only 69.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 215, 11 September 1945, Page 8
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