FRI 18 DEC 1942
Pacific
Submarine Albacore (SS-218) torpedoes and sinks Japanese light cruiser Tenryu just off Madang harbor, eastern New Guinea, 05°12'S, 145°56'E, and torpedoes armed merchant cruiser Gokoku Maru, 05°10'S, 145°57'E. Albacore survives counterattacks by escorting destroyer (Sukukaze or Isonami).
Submarine Sunfish (SS-281) damages Japanese transport Kyowa Maru 34°10'N, 136°52'E.
Atlantic
U.S. tanker Brilliant, torpedoed and damaged on 18 November 1942 by U-43, sets out from St. John's, Newfoundland, but is forced by heavy seas to return the next day (see 20 January 1943).
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