Sunday, July 7, 2019

Same Ol' Sub Stuff

FRI 7 JUL 1944
Pacific
Submarine Bonefish (SS-223) sinks Japanese guardboat Ryuei Maru off Tarakan, Borneo, 02°40'N, 118°22'E.

Submarine Flasher (SS-249), despite presence of escort vessel, sinks Japanese transport No.2 K_t_ Maru off Cape Varella, French Indochina, 13°08'N, 109°28'E.

Submarine Mingo (SS-261) sinks Japanese destroyer Tamanami 150 miles west-southwest of Manila, 14°16'N, 119°50'E.

Submarine Skate (SS-305) attacks Japanese convoy in the southern Sea of Okhotsk, sinking destroyer Usugumo and damaging cargo vessel Kasado Maru about 160 miles north of Etorofu Jima, 47°43'N, 147°55'E.

Submarine Sunfish (SS-281) attacks Japanese fishing boats en route from Matsuwa to Uruppu, sinking No.105 Hokuyo Maru, No.5 Kannon Maru, Ebisu Maru, and Kinei Maru, 47°29'E, 152°29'E.

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