SUN 25 JAN 1942
Pacific
Japanese submarine I-73 shells Midway Island.
Japanese destroyer Hatsuharu is damaged by U.S. aircraft east of Kendari, Celebes.
Atlantic
German submarine U-125 attacks unarmed U.S. tanker Olney, forcing the latter aground off Cape Lookout, North Carolina, 37°55'N, 74°56'W. Olney is subsequently removed from her predicament, however, repaired, and returned to service.
U.S. steamer Tennessee rescues one boatload of 21 survivors from U.S. collier Venore, torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-66 on 25 January; two survivors reach port in a second boat. U.S. motor tanker Australia rescues the only other surviving sailor the same day. Seventeen men of Venore's crew perish.
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Survivors
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