Reporter Doesn't Know History
 

Our local newspaper posted this on their website, along with the print addition. I attempted to correct the error concerning the sinking of the 742 ton Shiga Maru by the USS Pompon as one of the "... greatest naval losses during the war." Naturally they deleted corrections I posted to their poorly researched article-

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/bea...aw-pompon.html


More info here-

JANAC Japanese Ship Losses-

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japa...-Losses-6.html


Greatest Maritime Disasters
http://members.iinet.net.au/~gduncan/maritime-1b.html

Yours, Mike

You made your best effort :sunny: