Evening star., 1942-06-28
Two Axis Subs Sunk;
-Four Allied Vessels
Fall Prey 10 Raiders
jap Submarine Blasted;
Survivors Landed From
Ships Lost in ; Seas
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The loss of two more allied
merchant vessels to Axis Subma-
rines in Atlantic waters was dis
closed by the Navy yesterday,
and survivors Of two other
United Nations cargo ships sunk
in the Pacific by Japanese o.
boats reached an Australian
port.
The Atlantic sinkings included q
medium sized United States cargo
carrier and small Yugoslavian ves-
sci, and brought total reported
Allied and neutral nations ship
losses in that area since the United
States entered the war to 315 mer-
chantmen.
The American ship was lost in the
Caribbean May %. Survivors said
two torpedoes and Is shells smashed
into her before she went under.
The entire crew of Al. including five
Navy gunners, escaped uninjured.
Crewmen brought to an East Coast
port declared better lifesaving equip
ment and more frequent boat drills,
ordered by the Maritime Commits
, sion. accounted for the declining
loss of life on attacked ships.
Entire Crew Saved.
Three torpedoes destroyed the
Yugoslavian vessel off the Atlantic
Coast June "a but the entire crew
of q were saved six hours later
when a rescue craft picked up their
lifeboatS. Survivors, related that one
OF the ships engineers, observing
the ship was moving too fast to
permit the safe launching of life
boats. went below after the second
torpedo struck and reversed engines,
then returned to the waiting boats.
Survivors from the two Allied
merchantmen sunk in the Pacific
disclosed how the earlier torpedoing
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about the sinking of the other. The
disabled vessels distress calls drew
the second ship to the scene. The
submarine attacked again, sinking
both vessels.
Most of the lifeboats from the two
ships were picked up by an Allied
destroyer, while another group of
survivors landed on a small Pacific
island.
The shelling and probable sinking
of an enemy submarine off the
Cuban coast was disclosed by the
skipper of the attacking United
States merchantmen, Capt. John E.
Ellison of Upper Darby, Pa, who said
the raider had been caught on the
surface and did not have time to fire
torpedoes or deck guns. He declared
the U-boat turned over sidewise as 1t
went down in a crash-dive.
Liner Blasts Jap Sub.
Destruction of a Japanese sub
marine in the Pacific was revealed
by the British Admiralty, which said
the sub and the 8,719-ton liner Ton
gariro exchanged fire in running
battle and the U-boat disappeared
after the fourth shell from the ship
struck it squarely. A heavy blast
heard half an hour later was believed
to have been the end of the raider.
Three seamen who reached an
East Coast port recently tod of
undergoing three torpedoings in
three weeks. The men described the
loss of the first ship announced by
the Navy June 2. and added that two
rescue vessels later were blasted
from under them.
In Washington. the Navy moved
yesterday to put 1000 additional
small boats into the war against
undersea marauders off the Atlantic
and Gulf Coasts. All owners of sea-
going craft were asked to volunteer
the services of themselves and their
vessels.