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Show MANY "OUT OF COMMISSION" Nearly Dozen Destroyers Which Wore Coveted Gold Star on Stacks, Are Doomed. A ts-pewriter has at last defeated nearly a doaen of the destroyers which for four years zigzagged through the North sea and In the submarine zone of the Atlantic and gained notable victories vic-tories over German submarines. The coveted gold stars, worn on the stacks, where all might see and know that a German sub had met death, were awarded the Parker, O'Brien, Cum-mings, Cum-mings, Porter, Davis and many others which have been ordered "out of commission" com-mission" by tbe Navy department. "Out of commission" means nothing more or. less than that the fast growing grow-ing navy junk pile grows higher. Never ' again, probably, will these greyhounds I of the deep circle around a fleet of transports, suddenly dive off to one j side, sweep back again, drop a depth ' bomb, and then watch the oil come to j surface that shows another German submarine has gone down to visit Davy ; Jones. The thrills of the deeds of these i "star" destroyers are a bit oversbad- owed by the news that the Shaw is I slated for the scrap heap. too. She was i escorting the huge British transport Aquitania when the rudder jammed j and the giant ship ran her down. The Jacob Jones also brings back sad mem-j mem-j ories. She is named for the first ill-fated ill-fated torpedo boat of that name which I was sunk while battling In the subinn rine zone. I |