Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Mines Laid

SAT 18 DEC 1943
Pacific
Submarine Aspro (SS-309) attacks Japanese convoy, damaging fleet tankers Sarawak Maru and Tenei Maru at about 24°10'N, 124°40'E, and escapes counterattacks by destroyer Shiokaze.

Submarine Cabrilla (SS-288) lays mines off Saracen Bay, Cambodia, French Indochina.

Submarine Grayback (SS-208) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Gyokurei Maru east-northeast of Naha, Okinawa, 26°30'N, 128°19'E, and escapes counterattacks by destroyer Numakaze.

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