Word: merchantmen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Tokyo admitted the loss of 65 merchantmen. The U.S. claimed 108. But Premier Hideki Tojo, warning the Japanese that their shortage of shipping is serious, described Japan's sea problem in terms much like those which the U.S. Navy uses on the same subject. Said Tojo: "The success or failure of southern reconstruction [in the conquered Pacific areas] depends chiefly ... on the efficiency of water transportation. . . . Japan does not have surplus vessels, for Japan must maintain transportation within the extensive area of the Greater East Asia sphere, while she must [also] continue her gigantic [war] operation, continuously fighting...
...Cheers. Life after that continued to be eventful. Klakring & crew spotted an 8,000-ton transport in a harbor entrance, navigated the dangerous waters inshore and sank their fifth victim. Next "we got in a tussle with seven ships, a convoy of armed merchantmen and naval auxiliaries, all firing at us. The battle . . . lasted an hour and a half, us in the middle of them all the time." Airplanes dropped depth bombs, which made a lot of noise but did no damage. This fight was also within sight of a staring audience on the shore, which inspired the mild Klakring...
Nearly 600 Axis subs have been damaged since the beginning of the war (how many of that number were sunk is unknown*) but the Germans appear to be making more than are destroyed. They are turning out U-boats which can catch most merchantmen...
...cruiser Belleau Wood, are being announced with increasing frequency, but probably very few new carriers will be ready for action before next spring. The loss of four leaves the U.S. with only three big flattops in service, but at least seven more, not including increasing numbers of small, converted merchantmen, should be carrying planes into battle before...
...battle of supply rose in intensity (see p. 34), the British avenged their losses. By week's end Royal Navy cruisers, destroyers, submarines and Allied planes had accounted for 20 Axis merchantmen and three escorting destroyers, all trying to run the gantlet from Italian bases to North Africa...