Navy Department Communique No. 95

JULY 6, 1942

The Navy Department today issued the following communiqué based on reports received up to 12:30 p. m., July 6, 1942:

North Pacific Area.

1. On the Fourth of July, U. S. submarines torpedoed four Japanese destroyers in the Aleutian Islands.
2. Three of these destroyers were attacked at Kiska. Two were sunk and the third, when last seen, was burning fiercely.
3. The fourth destroyer was torpedoed and sunk at Agattu where enemy transports and escorting vessels were located on July 2 and attacked by Army bombers.