WASHINGTON--The United States Navy has erased five more ships--including another heavy cruiser--from the tally sheet of Japanese sea power, a communique disclosed today.
All five were blown to the bottom by submarines which also probably sank a cargo ship and damaged two tankers in continuing thrusts against Japan's far-flung supply lines.
Sunk in addition to the cruiser were two cargo ships, a tanker and a trawler. These successes, accomplished "somewhere in Far Eastern waters" were independent of operations in the Solomon Islands, where American se and air forces racked up a smashing victory against a Jap armada last weekend and where Marines launched a new land offensive on Guadalcanal Island.
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