Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Another Dud Torpedo

SAT 20 MAR 1943
Atlantic
Brazilian merchantman Baje rescues 27 survivors of freighter Roger B. Taney, that had been sunk by U-225 on 7 February.

District patrol craft YP-438 sinks after running aground on submerged breakwater at entrance to Port Everglades, Florida.

Pacific
Submarine Sawfish (SS-276) sinks Japanese guardboat Shinsei Maru in the northern Pacific, 32°55'N, 152°11'E.

Submarine Scamp (SS-277) damages Japanese merchant cargo ship Seinan Maru off Tomari, 41°06'N, 141°26'E.

Submarine Trigger (SS-237) damages Japanese gunboat Choan Maru off the Admiralties, 03°44'N, 144°12'E, with a dud torpedo.

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