Evening star., 1942-04-05
Light Cruiser Sunk,
Another Hit Twice
By U. S. Subs

By the Associated Press.
Hard hitting American sub
marines have sunk or damaged
four Japanese warships in re-
cent days to keep the score of
ship losses heavily in favor OF
the United States.
The Navy announced today that
the submersibles had:
Sunk a Japanese light cruiser near
Christmas Island, South of Java.
Damaged another light cruiser
with two torpedo hits in the same
vicinity. After scoring its first hit,
the submarine tralled its victim,
and scored with the second on the
following day.
Damaged two seaplane tenders
near Bali.
Besides these successes, the Navy
also reported the subs had damaged
a Japanese naval supply ship near
Lombok Island and a large trans
port and one unidentified ship near
Bali.
In all, the Army and Navy have
classified 90 japanese warships as
sunk, seven as sunk or probably
sunk" four believed sunk" and two
possibly sunk" In addition 40
have been damaged.
Meanwhile, 25 American naval
ships of all types have been listed
as sunk"
U. S. Replacement Faster
The score is weighted in favor of
the United States, too, by the factor
of speed of replacement American
shipyards are working at top speed.
Launchings since the war began
have exceeded losses. Dozens of
warships are on the ways The
exact rate of japanese replacement
is unknown, but is officially consid-
cred to be a fraction of that of the
United States.
In types of vessels lost, the United
States stands well ahead, too.
Our naval losses are composed Of:
One battleship, one cruiser, one air.
craft tender. 10 destroyers, three
submarines, two Coast Guard YES
sells, two tankers, one target ship,
one cargo ship, one gunboat and
two miscellaneous type vessels.
The Japanese losses are composed
only in part of two battleships, an
aircraft carrier sunk, another
believed sunk, four cruisers sunk,
with three sunk or probably sunk,
one destroyer leader sunk, eight
destroyers sunk, with two others
probably sunk and three possibly
sunk, three submarines sunk and
one aircraft tender sunk.
Not All Jap Losses, Included.
These figures are confined to
losses inflicted by the American
Army and Navy, and thus take no
account of Japanese ships sunk by
the British, Dutch and Australians
nor of their losses to the Japanese.
With naval officers emphasizing
that the Japanese ship loses an
nounced today had not been in
cluded in any previous announce
ment. the Navy issued the following
communique:
Southwest Pacific area:
a Recent reports indicate that
the following damage has been in
f1icted 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 direct torpedo hit and on the
following day another direct hit was
scored which is belived to have re-
suited in her sinking.
Co 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
large transport and one unidentified
ship was damaged by one torpedo
hit each.
2. The above damage to the enemy
had not been reported in any pre-
vious Navy Department communi-