U.S. cruiser sunk off Sicily, Nazis say
London, England (UP) –
A Transocean (German) News Agency dispatch broadcast by Berlin radio said today that a Nazi U-boat had sunk a U.S. light cruiser of the Brooklyn class off the north coast of Sicily.
Brooklyn-class cruisers range from 9,650 to 10,000 tons and carry normal complements of 868-888 men. Nine ships were included in the class in 1941.