SAT 12 DEC 1942
Pacific
Five motor torpedo boats attack 11 Japanese destroyers (Rear Admiral Tanaka Raizo) off Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal. Motor torpedo boats PT-37and PT-40 sink Terutsuki, but Kawakaze and Suzukaze sink PT-44 off Savo Island, 09°10'S, 159°45'E.
Submarine Drum (SS-228) damages Japanese aircraft carrier Ryuho off Hachijo Jima, 32°04'N, 142°30'E.
Submarine Halibut (SS-232) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Gyokusan Maru off northeast coast of Honshu, 40°37'N, 142°40'E.
Japanese merchant cargo ship No.2 Unyo Maru is lost to unknown cause, place unspecified.
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
"... unknown cause, place unspecified."
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