The storm caused heavy shipping losses in the open waters.
All they knew was that since the sinking of the San Juan, there had been no more unexplained shipping losses on the high seas.
The radar and the Leigh light together cut Allied shipping losses dramatically.
The shipping losses soon caused insurance rates for merchant shipping to be greatly increased.
Perhaps it was exaggerated in order to justify the shipping losses to an anxious public.
But in November, 1942, the shipping losses of the enemy reached their high point.
Attacked in October 1940, 20 ships were sunk in the worst day's shipping losses of the entire campaign.
British shipping losses were appalling beyond belief and beggar even the most active imagination.
Its shipping revenue fell by 1 percent to $73 million, producing a $10 million shipping loss.
But company officials said the free shipping increased net shipping losses by $7 million compared with the third quarter of 2003.