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Show United States U-Boats Sank 1,256 Jap Ships WASHINGTON. U. S. submarines sub-marines operating in far Eastern waters in the last three months of the war sank 69 enemy vessels, the navy announced recently, bringing to 1,256 the number of Japanese ships sunk by American underseas craft in the war. None of the sinkings in the last three months had been announced previously. The figures were compiled com-piled from reports of submarines after their return from Pacific action. The latest bag included 20 Jap anese warships and 49 noncombat ant ships. The warships sunk were two Jap anese submarines, one mine-layer two minesweepers, two large sub chasers, eight special sub-chasers four coastal defense frigates, anc one torpedo boat. |