Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Pound Japs On Wake

SUN 3 SEP 1944
Pacific
TG 12.5 (Rear Admiral Allen E. Smith), comprising small carrier Monterey (CVL-26), three heavy cruisers, and three destroyers, pounds Japanese installations on Wake Island.

Japanese destroyer Hasu is damaged by mine off Yangtze estuary, 31°19'N, 121°43'E.

Mediterranean
Submarine chaser SC-535 is damaged by storm off southern France, 43°17'N, 06°38'E.

Tank landing craft LCT-151 is sunk by storm, 39°22'N, 08°00'E.

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