Another River Kwai kwiz

January 2nd, 2009

From Fri Sep 19 16:42:35 1997
>Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 16:41:49 -0700
>From: Mike Potter
>Organization: Artecon, Inc.
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>To: mahan@microworks.net
>Subject: Another River Kwai kwiz
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>Another River Kwai kwiz:
>
>=Jane’s Fighting Ships 1942=, published in May 1943, lists USS =Houston=
>as “Missing since Feb. 28, 1942.” The 1944 edition, published before
>=Houston=’s survivors were liberated at war’s end, accurately described
>her demise as sunk in action against Japanese heavy surface forces and
>IIRC it gave the date and location.
>
>How did the US Navy (and Jane’s) discover =Houston=’s fate while war was
>still in progress against Japan?
>
>–

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