"No survivors ... are ever found."

THU 3 DEC 1942
Pacific
SBDs and TBFs from Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, attack a Japanese Reinforcement Unit, ten ships strong, en route to Guadalcanal and damage destroyer Makinami. The Japanese throw some 1,500 supply canisters overboard for their troops on Guadalcanal, but only 310 reach the intended recipients.

Atlantic
Gale sweeps area in which U.S. steamship Coamo has been torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-604 off Bermuda; the survivors who managed to reach safety on rafts most likely perish on this and/or subsequent days. No survivors from the 133-man crew, the 37 Armed Guard sailors or the 16 Army passengers are ever found.