TUE 20 OCT 1942
Pacific
Heavy cruiser Chester (CA-27) is torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-176, 120 miles southeast of San Cristobal, Solomons, 13°31'S, 163°17'E.
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General starboard quarter view of USS Chester (CA-27) after her arrival at
Espiritu Santo, 23 October 1942. Note missing armor plate above torpedo hole, broken searchlight, bent CXAM radar & damaged life rafts, which occurred 20 October from a submarine fired torpedo. Source: Preliminary Design Branch, Bureau of Ships Navy Department, War Loss/Damage Report No. 36 |
Submarine Drum (SS-228), attacking Japanese convoy off southern Honshu, sinks merchant cargo ship Ryunan Maru, 34°09'N, 136°46'E.
Submarine Finback (SS-230), attacking Japanese convoy off west coast of Formosa, damages army passenger-cargo ship Africa Maru and cargo ship Yamafuji Maru, 24°26'N, 120°25'E. Both sink the next morning.
Submarine Gar (SS-206) mines the approaches to Bangkok, Thailand.
Submarine Tautog (SS-199) sinks merchant trawler Nanshin Maru, 06°59'N, 119°20'E.
Atlantic
Remainder of crew (35 merchant seamen and nine Armed Guard sailors) from U.S. freighter Steel Scientist, sunk by German submarine U-514 on 11 October 1942, reach Paramaribo, British Guiana, in three lifeboats.
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