Navy Department Communique No. 60

MARCH 23, 1942

The Navy Department issued the following communiqué today:

Far East.
U. S. submarines operating in Japanese waters have recently added the following to the list of enemy merchant vessels sunk or damaged in that area:

One 7,000-ton tanker sunk.
One 6,000-ton ship sunk.
One 5,000-ton freighter sunk.
Two 2,000-ton freighters damaged.

In addition to these merchant ships one enemy destroyer or antisubmarine vessel was attacked and probably sunk.
The above actions have not been reported in any previous Navy Department communiqué.
There is nothing to report from other areas.