Show recent allied success in undersea war Is result of coordie coordinated bated campaign lm improved prove weapons better use of ild Def defeating catino subs the submarine was utterly y d defeated in may prime minster minister I 1 churchill stated triumphantly address addres s in a recent the first lord of the admits admiralty 1 ty amended ta this by announcing n 0 un c n g that the brit british 1 1 I mian navy 1 had d a set e 1 a new record in that month for IJ bout boat Smi sin kings and that losses now exceeded german production thus the gravest threat to allied success the a submarine ab r ie campaign against g 11 t shipping is libe being g answered cred as it was in world war I 1 success is coming faster than anyone dared hope a little while ago in april admiral king of the U S navy predicted 1 t that let I 1 the he submarine do danger anger would be brought under it or control idill within I 1 four to SUE am months secret secretary of navy knox a few days day later said it that the increasing mor numbers ibers of dost destroyers st now guarding convoys would soon man have their beneficial effect the peril to the bridge e of ships a carrying war supplies to E europe prope and the 9 orient I 1 is not b being met at by any one secret cret weapon p castr destroyers y a airplanes plane cannon non radar rada hollem cars balloons and many other her war machines are being employed emp amp loved in win combinations b lations best adapted to t the 4 a task the change for the better has c come a cath rather or suddenly eniy only last january the tremendous losses in shipping chipping torin tonnage ge were causing ex concern in allied war councils almost a million millien tons a month was being sunk last year charles E walsh chiet chief of the maritime procurement to cu ement rement division has revealed repealed that 0 over ver 11 minim million tons went ant down in the first year of war the merchant marine manae reports that near nearly y 5 men in h have a been an lost last in the I 1 last st 20 months until very or lately there w was M little light through the dark ahm clouds d ships ship getting through now the great fleets of merchant ships are arming ning in allied ports parts with I 1 small 11 losses the protection devised by the navy is succeeding A colv convoy Y which biall may consist of hundreds it a of ships carrying ammunition ran food plane parts oil ad and thousands thamon its of other gibe war motor materials i als a as won well as II 11 troops ps offers many tal 14 A buc DOCKS ka BACK AC The dew morne v g suit I 1 k keeps n seamen men dry fand warm under der all 11 conditions AJ A for cutting act way entangling ropes and a red signal alm light a I 1 sad and police whistle for attracting attention of rescuers ra are re attached to the me shoulder older gets 1 ital for enemy my submarines ll 11 and tor torpedo d plants place destroyers a r e ranging phing along the flanks and ahe ahead rad 22 ind d behind the convoy are am the usual 1 I deafen defenders it ors of the slow slid and helpless trough freighters tit t tankers er and troopships but the greyhounds grey in hounds of the sea b have a 11 I lot II at I of auxiliaries e under der the new system YS tons one of ad these 15 s the corvette to a small an merchant ship I 1 n converted to a light w warship iship it can function much W it as the destroyer does alfin although nigh it Z A helicopter LANDS sian settling slowly y on an the space P 1 r marked oil as 1 it its this helicopter to pter makes a perfect victory ship field on the deck of a landing verti tall almost it aircraft air can rise and descend landing this peculiar p cc and can inner hoer over er th the water spotting patting submarines does docs not have its speed or maneuverability ver wr ability then there is the aircraft carrier which is accompanying 1 large arge convoys lately planes from the carrier can P patrol a trot a wide circle and prevent any enemy surface craft from surprising the conoy that new marvela marvel radar can locate enemy planes and ad submarines with amazing accuracy c m fogs fags or at night des destroyers n r or are 1 being I equipped with radar now listening devices to detect submarines submarine by the pa pulsations duons of 1 the their pr propellers have been in m use for some time so the officers in charge of the delease defense of a convoy have several means of knowing when the enemy is a approaching only about miles of the voyage hot between an tle the united states and british ports parts is beyond the range of land based aircraft according to secretary knox the patrol planes of the allies can cam protect shipping within an are arc six or seven hundred miles I 1 in n radius ships ship mount heavy guns gains camoys are so large ho however wever that despite all sorts of armed oil guardians guardian some ships will be attacked tacked and perhaps damaged or unk sunk often 0 f ten too a single merchant ship has to travel without escort to enter a small port off the regular run or for a number of other reasons merchant ships have long been bee accustomed to mount some mine cannon in wartime but against modern enemy craft ordinary seamen have little chance to use their weapons effectively the maritime commission has ordered every american ship to carry a five mch inch gun gual A crew from the navy mans the piece which I 1 is deadly to enemy submarines inc and ad destroyers or arty vessel with thinner armor than a cruiser ships are protected against an aircraft by anti aircraft guns and 50 caliber machine guns expert navy crews also handle these a ordnance submarines and planes plane are reluctant a tic to get too close to a ship lup that can defend herself and t torpedoes orp edDes bombs and goun gunfire fire aimed from a distance are less accurate A barrage balloon is now being added to the defensive equipment of merchant ships chip the balloon trails rails steel cables when in m the air thereby P presenting e ig a ih dive homb bombing 9 plane from getting t too close to the a ship or from running a along it and strafing the crew with machine gun gou bullets the gas bag is raised and lowered by a cable attached to it a winch near the stern stem last month the file maritime commission and the war shipping g administration decided after a successful demonstration that helicon te can be employed ed to give added daija protection pr to individual ships every new a liberty model ship will a carry arry a lieb helicopter epner according to present plans plains As these peculiar aircraft aft cum can rise and ad descend desand almost vertically erti caBY they can operate from asdall a small area on the deck of a vessel whether the ship is part of a convoy or sailing al 1 I ing a alone I 1 one the helicopter can hover around watching for the enemy some same staking Sin kings inevitable ships will be damaged and sunk however despite all defensive precautions cauti I and ad efforts some are wrecked by storms or are smashed on rocks or icebergs even when 1 is a 11 sinking a king condition nevertheless a ship h lp may sometimes be saved by some of the safety features that are part of a modern ship if the ship must I 1 b be a m a abandoned ando ned other emergency features help to save the how of the crew man many y safety devices have been a added and nd old ones have been improved several have been built into to th the ship h it itsek the maritime ralo lp commission earn found that th at men a were hurt frequently in the dark passage ways when the lights went out after a torpedo tor P ad had struck luminous cummo pit paint rat sins signs now m mark ark all passage ways YS and exits an and 0 d directions point to ladders and indicate the switches of emergency lights 1 W crash panels must now be put into every door by coast guard 9 a rd regulations these are re sections of thin won wood it within every door that can be smashed mashed out by trapped crewmen crewman leaving a space big enough to permit escape to preserve the nerve centers of 01 a ship as long as possible the pilot house and ad radio shack are covered radio with ith reinforced amral r ce concrete and steel c capable le of withstanding submarine shelling latest in n life boats finally F nally when h n seamen have to abandon ship the latest and best be eat in life saving equipment comes into play by orders of the coast gnat guard it I 1 the life boats are always kept swung out and c clamped agal against n it canvas caama covered cushions the ropes h holding biding the boats boat are a a secured by a single pelican hook which can call be tripped by b y simply releasing a catch allowing the boat to be lowered into the water in a minute or two at t the he a same time a boat is I 1 lowered a life net kept rolled up against the side mile of the ship just be t V 4 LIFE RAFT six research men me are shown testing the new rubber life ile raft under actual shipwreck conditions a sip for the maritime com commission in I 1 they were cast call drift adrift near cape fear N C to study conditions ot of survival at sea and to report defects and possibilities tor for improve ment merchant ships carry these rafts an addition to the lifeboats lifeboat low the boat deck is released three or four men can scramble down this net at the same time merchant ships must also carry lite life rafts since the boats may be dibi damaged aged by shells or the staking sinking ship P may be leaning so tar far over I 1 that h at H it is 4 impossible 1 a to lower lifeboats on one me side boats basis carry radios radio A portable sending and receiving radio set act must most be included in the equipment of at least one lifeboat on an every ship water rations on an each boat have been increased from three to te ten quarts per person par fourteen ounces each of pemmican malted milk tablets chocolate and type C army ration biscuits must be included in every boat for each person rubber lifesaving suits are issued is to each member her of the crew besides keeping a man dry while in the water the suits div give e protect protection against exposure in a lifeboat or raft attached to the shoulder of each suit is a jackknife with which a man can free himself if he is entangled in ropes a w and ad a police wilt whistle le and a re red P ad signal light to attract the attention of rescuers so the par perils ils to allied shipping are being cont b acted successfully by combining all known resources of warships planes guns and radio the war goods are getting th through m ugh the ships are arriving lafal safely y but when a ship do does go 9 down the brave seamen have a much better chance of living to sell sail again than thala ever before thanks to ever better a equipment ul T FOR the he boat out shipwrecked j has bs built in db air SAILORS tanks that render it non DOB sinkable an and d there here are 1 grab rails fastened to in the bottom so that seamen can hang a on if it if overturns A bright red triangular at sail all is part ol of the accessories C canned ad lood food and drinking water a fishing kit a first aid it nat outfit ifil and a machine 1 tor 11 1 making at 21 sea a water drinkable r kahle are part of the supplies up P as so and equipment quip lunt shown a 0 |