FRI 1 JAN 1943
Pacific
Salvage vessel Rescuer (ARS-18) sinks after running aground off Scotch Cape, Aleutians.
Submarine Nautilus (SS-168) evacuates 29 civilians from Teop Island, Solomons.
Submarine Porpoise (SS-172), in attack on Japanese convoy, sinks merchant cargo ship Renzan Maru off northeastern coast of Honshu, 39°11'N, 142°02'E.
Submarine Trigger (SS-237) damages Japanese transport Shozan Maru 35°55'N, 140°55'E.
Japanese army cargo ship Osaka Maru is damaged by mine, 16 miles off Ambon, N.E.I.
Mediterranean
German submarine U-73 torpedoes and sinks U.S. freighter Arthur Middleton off Oran, Algeria, 35 45'N, 00 45'W; of the 81 souls on board (11 of whom are from the crew of tank landing craft LCT-21 which is also lost) 3 sailors of the 27-man Armed Guard detachment are the only survivors.
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