Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Chifuku Maru Sunk

SAT 16 JAN 1943
Pacific
Submarine Greenling (SS-213) sinks Japanese transport Kimposan Maru west of Kavieng, 02°47'S, 149°10'E; after forcing Greenling deep, submarine chaser Ch 17 rescues Kimposan Maru's survivors.

Submarine Growler (SS-215) attacks Japanese convoy, sinking army passenger-cargo ship Chifuku Maru 11 miles north of Waton Island, 04°00'S, 151°55'E, and survives escorts' counterattacks.

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