The Fremantle-based US submarines DARTER and DACE sank two Japanese heavy cruisers and damaged a third. DARTER torpedoed the ATAGO and TAKAO in Balabac Strait. TAKAO escaped damage. DACE torpedoed and sank the MAYA in the same waters.
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The Fremantle-based US submarines DARTER and DACE sank two Japanese heavy cruisers and damaged a third. DARTER torpedoed the ATAGO and TAKAO in Balabac Strait. TAKAO escaped damage. DACE torpedoed and sank the MAYA in the same waters.
The painting of HMAS Warramunga reflects a major article in this edition which provides a potted history of the RAN in the Korean War. The images of HMAS Adelaide reference the article about Adelaide’s Boarding party. It was only resourceful action by the ship’s helicopter, directed by the Flight Commander, that enabled the Boarding Party to be safely recovered, thereby averting an international incident.