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...Nameplace of the U.S. gunboat destroyed on the Yangtze...
...from Washington reported a great victory by U.S. and Australian naval airmen (who probably flew PBY patrol bombers). Two heavy cruisers were sunk, and the attacking airmen thought, with varying degrees of certainty, that they had also sunk a light cruiser, three destroyers, five troop-jammed transports, a gunboat and a minesweeper. They damaged a fourth cruiser, a fourth destroyer, six transports, an aircraft tender and a gunboat.* In a later attack on New Britain, U.S. Army bombers thought that they sank another Jap cruiser, damaged still another. U.S. and Australian airmen destroyed 12 Jap planes on an airdrome...
...young naval officers. But there is small chance that his nickname will gather prissy connotations. Besides Pearl Harbor, Lovette's record includes commendation for assisting in the capture of a German raider while commanding a submarine chaser in World War I, another commendation for command of a U.S. gunboat during the revolution in South China...
...many men the Jap had lost is not known. But he had lost the services of a small fleet of ships-seven in all-a light cruiser, four destroyers, a gunboat and a submarine. Some, including the cruiser, were sunk, the others crippled by gunfire and bomb. In the air, the pilots of VMF-211's single-seaters had also knocked down five Jap bombers...
...came before the next dawn: "Dec. 11, 5 a.m. landing attempt by twelve Jap ships, including light cruisers, destroyers, gunboats, two troop or supply ships. Jap casualties: one light cruiser, two destroyers, one gunboat, two bombers...