Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Over On Attu

SUN 30 MAY 1943
Pacific
Organized Japanese resistance ends on Attu, Aleutians.

Submarine Saury (SS-189) attacks Japanese convoy, sinking merchant cargo ship Hakozaki Maru and army cargo ship Takamisan Maru about 150 miles east-southeast of Shanghai, China, 30°07'N, 124°32'E.

Submarine Steelhead (SS-280) lays mines off Erimo Zaki, Japan.

Atlantic
German submarine U-126 torpedoes U.S. freighter Flora McDonald off the west coast of Africa, 07°20'N, 13°15'W; escorting trawler HMS Fandango rescues Flora McDonald's survivors and proceeds to Freetown, Sierra Leone. British tug HMS Zwarte Zee, escorted by British sloop HMS Milford and corvettes HMS Woodruff and HMS Tamarisk, proceed to the blazing freighter's assistance.

Mediterranean
Tank landing craft LCT-28 is sunk by mine, Mediterranean Sea.

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