Friday, January 17, 2020

LST-906 Refloated

WED 17 JAN 1945
Pacific
Off Philippine Islands, escort carrier Nehenta Bay (CVE-74) is damaged by storm, 17°41'N, 117°33'E.

Submarine Tautog (SS-199) sinks Japanese fast transport T.15 off southern Kyushu, 31°09'N, 130°29'E.

British submarine HMS Stygian sinks small Japanese cargo vessel Nichinan Maru off Perak, 05°42'N, 98°57'E.

Japanese cargo ship Minka Maru is sunk by mine on Yangtze, above Kiukiang, China.

Mediterranean
Tank landing ship LST-906 which had been aground at Leghorn, Italy, since 18 October 1944, is refloated.

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