Substantial & Satisfactory

A joint British-U.S. statement last week reported another victory in the anti-submarine war.

>June losses from submarine attack were the lowest since the U.S. entered the war. Shipping losses "from all forms of enemy action" were the second lowest since the war began.

>Fewer submarines appeared in the Atlantic. They almost never attacked the main convoys, and Allied warships and planes therefore had fewer targets. "But the sinkings of Axis submarines were substantial and satisfactory."

>Allied merchant tonnage "has shown a large net increase every month this year."

Even more significant is the total gain for the Allied merchant fleets, the sum of ships saved and of ships built. Between Jan. 1 and June 30 the U.S. alone built 879 merchant vessels (8,818,622 dead weight tons).

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