U.S. Navy Department (April 4, 1942)
Navy Communiqué No. 66
Southwest Pacific area.
Recent reports indicate that the following damage has been inflicted on enemy ships by United States submarines operating in waters of the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean:
a) One light cruiser was sunk in the vicinity of Christmas Island, south of Java.
b) One light cruiser was damaged, in the vicinity of Christmas Island, by a direct torpedo hit and on the following day another direct hit was scored which is believed to have resulted in her sinking.
c) Two seaplane tenders were damaged near the island of Bali.
d) One supply ship was damaged in waters near Lombok Island.
e) In the vicinity of Bali, one barge transport and one unidentified ship were damaged by one torpedo hit each.
The above damage to the enemy has not been reported in any previous Navy Department communiqué.
There is nothing to report from other areas.
Reading Eagle (April 4, 1942)
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By the Associated Press
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Pacific casualty reports delayed
Washington, April 4 (UP) –
The Navy Department today asked the public to refrain rom sending to Washington individual inquiries regarding casualties to naval personnel.
The request was made through the department’s 65th communiqué disclosing the loss of the aircraft carrier Langley, the naval tanker Pecos and the destroyer Peary.
The Navy said:
War conditions in the Southwest Pacific have greatly complicated and delayed reports of casualties and the public is urged to refrain from initiating individual inquiries regarding casualties.
The next of kin of all casualties are always notified by telegram as soon as possible.
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By Cdr. P. H. Talbot
Editor’s note:
Cdr. Paul Talbot, 45, of Willoughby, Ohio, has recently returned from the Southwest Pacific where he was in command of a destroyer division of the Asiatic Fleet. It was his division of four old World War I-type destroyers that made the now-famous attack on a Japanese convoy in Makassar Strait. Here is his story of that battle as told to a press conference in Washington.
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