The whole force was sinking, and the Lincoln went down right then.

He said later that at least a dozen Iraqi boats were involved in the incident and that Kuwaiti forces had sunk seven of them.

The American forces turned their attention to this objective and sank or severely damaged all of them.

Bonifaz's force of thirteen large ships combined with smaller vessels sunk several ships and drove the others away.

In the silence that followed, the force of his objection sank home.

The same American force sank the Japanese cruiser Jintsu and turned the smaller ships away, losing none themselves.

Kurita reported that his force had sunk two carriers, two cruisers, and some destroyers.

In three years of operation, the force sank ships totalling 117,093 GRT.

Then great bombs-the force of collision sank them half a mile, before they could ever explode.

Scott claimed that his force sank three Japanese cruisers and four destroyers.