The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-29
THIRD FLEET PLANES
SINK OR DAMAGE Is
MORE JAPANESE SHIPS
Continued From Page One
er escorts, two medium freighter.
and an unidentified vessel.
BATTLESEIP HIT

The battleships Haruna and Ise
damaged in last Tuesdays and
Wednesdays attacks, were hit a.
new and left burning. Reconnas.
sance reports showed that The
battleship Hyuga, heavily damaged
on Tuesday, was now resting at
the bottom of the inland sea, IFS
decks under water. A fourth ia.
panese battleship, the Nagato, was
damaged heavily at Lokosuka on
July IS and thus Japan, as far as
was known, had no seawortAy
battleships left.
The cruisers Aoba, Tone and
Oyodo, also previously damaged
were left burning and the escort
carrier Kaiyo was hit again
The newest additions to the list
made total of So japanese war.
ships sunk or damaged in the IN
land sea. During the entire 20O'day
attack At japanese Warships have
been sunk or damaged-four hatle
ships, seven carriers, four crust
ers, Is destroyers, three subma'
rines and 166 miscellaneous light
warships.
In yesterdays attacks one Japan
csc plane attempting to seek ont
the gigantic battle fleet was shot
down. Another 18 were shot down
over the target area, IS were de-
stroyed on the ground and Sc were
damaged aground.
Since July 10 a total of 253 Ja'
panese ships have been sunk and
487 damaged and 1852 planes de-
stroyed and GIG damaged - the
most crushing victory of the entire
Petite war. Allied losses have
been 100 planes - SO U. S. and Il
British - and 1903 creWmen.
Fleet dispatches said that TO all
intents and purposes the japanese
fleet no longer existed. One Unl'eo
Press correspondent reported from
a warship that 'if the japanese
don't give up soon they VIII n.y.
have enough ships to carry 'ne,
ENJOYS to the peace conference
uv~,rr .urOHLS
Nimitz's war bulletin did not dis
close whether the fleet was SILK
ing anew at the inland sea or
mother part Of Japan TO-DAY "
now has launched ei2hi ualo. car
rier attacks and five naval 0o'.'
bardments since first gong F0
action.
1t was probable, however, The a.
tacks were about to be reS0'D.l
for dispatches reported t3a. l's
warships had refueled and 'aa'I
on thousands of tons of amni''I
ton at sea in the creates seas'~'
transfer of supplies IN hs'oi' "A
Nimitz's bulletin also reported !.
other japanese ships or small ca.
were sunk or damaged IN o''''
forays.
Search planes of fleet air WIZ
one on Friday sank a smal' cd's'
vessel and damaged two others o.
well as three schooners i'm ~
Tsushima Strait and off hyo'1
and damaged lugger OIL C'i ,.,
Planes of fleet air VIM ~ .e
small freighter-transport a-'-n.'is
off Eastern Honshu on r lIaay 81
on Saturday sank small eo.. .,
vessel and damaged another 'oa ..,
of Tokyo. They also =aaA --
small craft off Eastern i'a'''"
The waters off Kure Haroof % ...n'
left covered with burning ~. ,
today and fleet dispatches t' so.,
pilots returning from yes'e'"o. n,
strikes said explosion saooa al
Quilted hulls of some OF 'erer1
greatest warships lying p9., ..s
submerged along the lA.5-'a ,'.ir
After 10 days of aImos. '. ..i
uous war fare AdmirM i:o.-- Al.
his carrier commanders wee ..1
nj, nniral Iohn s Jocso, mccall, On.
Vice Admiral Sir Philip Wan ian MR. M.
accomplished their tbaee--g @-lsr,y.
pose: to beat down the -o1a.ls
air force, strike at the un.ss.-5!.
northern areas, and deSH0'
shipping. ,ba- sc
cessful achievement OF u.", ..ea,ei
way drive has greatly '.r' oescs
the possibilities Of an eaI''''