Thursday, March 15, 2018

Whoa, Trigger!

MON 15 MAR 1943
General
ComInCh establishes numbered fleet system; fleets in the Pacific to have odd numbers and those in the Atlantic even.

Pacific
Submarine Trigger (SS-237) attacks Japanese convoy about 150 miles northwest of the Admiralties, damaging transport Florida Maru, 00°00'N, 145°00'E, and sinking army cargo ship Momoha Maru, 00°02'S, 145°05'E.

Naval Auxiliary Air Facility, French Frigate Shoals, T.H., is established.

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