WASHINGTON--The smashing American naval victory in the Solomons last week may have been even greater than originally reported, lit was revealed tonight on the basis of a communique showing that five Jap warships--including a battleship or heavy cruiser--were sunk the night of Nov. 14-15 in a savage slugfest of dreadnaughts and other heavy units.
Where these five were in addition to the 11 warships and 12 auxiliaries originally reported sunk in the three-day battle remained to be clarified, but a Navy spokesman said:
"We hope so land we have many reasons to believe so."
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