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Sunday, August 6, 2017

75 Yrs. Ago In Submarining

THU 6 AUG 1942
Pacific
Submarine Tautog (SS-199) sinks Japanese army transport Ohio Maru in South China Sea about 250 miles east-northeast of Cam Ranh Bay, French Indochina, 13°51'N, 113°15'E.

Atlantic
Unarmed U.S. schooner Wawaloam, en route to St. John's, Newfoundland, is sunk by shellfire of German submarine U-86 at 39°18'N, 55°44'W, but suffers no casualties to the six-man crew and the sole passenger (see 12 August).
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2 comments:

  1. mikey07 August, 2017 09:15

    http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180274

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  2. M. Bouffant07 August, 2017 12:06

    Ocean Warfare Editor:
    A torpedo seems like over-kill, & then shelling an unarmed wooden schooner just seems chickenshit. What scared the Krauts?

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