SAT 21 NOV 1942 Pacific
Submarine Stingray (SS-186) torpedoes Japanese seaplane carrier San'yo Maru off Shortland Island, 06°32'S, 156°05'E.
Indian Ocean
Survivors from U.S. freighter Pierce Butler, sunk by German submarine U-177 off the coast of South Africa the previous day, are rescued by British destroyer HMS Forward and transported to Durban, South Africa.
U.S. freighter Alcoa Pathfinder is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-181 approximately six miles off the coast of Portuguese East Africa, 26°41'S, 33°08'E; five merchant seamen are lost. Survivors row ashore (see 22 November).
Atlantic
Destroyer Somers (DD-381) intercepts German blockade runner Anneliese Essberger in the South Atlantic. The German ship is scuttled by her crew.
Damaged U.S. tanker Brilliant sails from Musgrave harbor for St. John's (see 22 November).
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