Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-06-26 | Page 3 | American Ship Sunk in Gulf

American Ship Sunk in Gulf By Associated Press The navy announced Friday the sinking of a small U. U S S. S merchant vessel in the Gulf of Mexico May 4 and the Canadian navy disclosed disclosed disclosed dis dis- dis- dis closed that a merchant ship had reached a west coast Canadian port tort after a determined attack by bya a Japanese submarine The sinking of the American vessel brought to the unofficial unofficial unofficial cial total of merchant ships sunk in the western Atlantic since Pearl Harbor Twenty-nine Twenty survivors of the U.S. U. U S 5 S. merchantman who who arrived in a Caribbean port told of using new type life rafts which proved their value when the ships ship's list prevented prevent prevent- ed launching lifeboats The rafts were easily cut loose from deck slides Lashed together they provided provided provided pro pro- easily easily easily vided a refuge and were more ily spotted by planes and other ships Five men were missing and believed be believed believed be- be dead after survivors were rescued by a Panamanian ship following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing 55 hours on the rafts The Canadian vessel which suffered suffered suffered suf suf- some damage but no loss of life was the first reported attacked attacked attacked at at- tacked in Canadian Pacific waters although eight ships have been sunk and two more more- attacked in United States Pacific waters