Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-06-19 | Page 2 | U. S. Acquires Italian Ship

f U U. U S S1 S. ACQUIRES V V ITALIAN SHIP r V WASHINGTON June 19 10 UP 1 The maritime commission announced announced an an- Thursday it had taken formal possession of the the first of f the 23 28 sabotaged Italian ships laid ald up ft in U. U S. S waters l The commission said its representatives took possession of the theS S V ship Clara gross tons at V Savannah ah Ga Wednesday V V The Clara the commission said would would would-b be taken to Newport News V Va for before being placed d in a a service not yet assigned J 1 Least damaged of the 28 23 up laid-up Italian vessels the Clara already V bad had been repaired at Savannah It was the seventh foreign vessel ves- ves V sel leI formally taken over by the V maritime commission under the recently recently ret re re- re- re t enacted ship seizure bill Six Danish vessels were taken over last t. t week end nd The commissions commission's records rec rec- cr Indicate there are 84 foreign V vesse vessels which may be requisitioned under the act