Navy Department Communique No. 91

JUNE 25, 1942

The Navy Department issued the following communiqué based on reports received up to 2 p.m., June 25, 1942:

Atlantic Area.

1. Two small antisubmarine patrol craft have been lost off the Atlantic Coast during the current month as the result of enemy submarine attacks.
2. The U. S. S. Gannet, a seagoing tug, used to service patrol planes, was torpedoed and sunk. Sixteen members of the crew were lost.
3. The YP-389, a small fishing craft, which had been taken over by the Navy and armed for antisubmarine patrol duty, was sunk by gunfire. Four members of the crew were lost.
4. The next of kin of all casualties have been notified.