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MacArthur reported determined to avenge fall of Bataan
U.S. Navy Department (April 10, 1942)
Navy Communiqué No. 69
Philippine area.
Capt. K. M. Hoeffel, USN, the senior U.S. naval officer in the forces defending Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor, acting under the orders of Lt. Gen. Wainwright, USA, ordered the complete destruction of the previously damaged U.S. submarine tender Canopus, the Dewey Drydock, the minesweeper Bitern and the tug Napa in order to prevent their being of use to the enemy in the event of capture, the Navy Department has been informed. The destruction was ordered when it became apparent that the increasing weight of enemy numbers, combined with the fatigue and exhaustion of our forces, made imminent the fall of Bataan.
These ships and the Dewey Drydock were used at and near Corregidor and Bataan Peninsula by the Army, Navy, and Marine forces serving under General MacArthur and later under Lt. Gen. Wainwright in the valiant defense of these vital positions which control the entrance to Manila Bay.
Southwest Pacific.
A report has just been received that a U.S. submarine while on patrol in the vicinity of the Celebes Sea sank a large, heavily armed, Japanese vessel.
Three torpedo hits were scored on the enemy ship which is classed either as an auxiliary cruiser or a large tender. This sinking has not been reported in any previous Navy Department communiqué.
There is nothing to report from other areas.
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