MON 17 MAY 1943 Pacific
Submarine Grayback (SS-208) attacks Japanese convoy, sinking army cargo ship England Maru about 60 miles northwest of Mussau Island, 01°00'S, 148°40'E.
Minesweeper Dash (AM-88) rescues 56 survivors from U.S. freighter William K. Vanderbilt torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-19 the previous day southwest of Suva.
Japanese cargo ship Woosung Maru strikes reef and sinks off Chiba Prefecture, southern Honshu, 35°00'N, 140°00'E.
Atlantic
PBM (VP 74) damages German submarine U-128 in South Atlantic, at 11°02'S, 35°35'W; destroyers Moffett (DD-362) and Jouett (DD-396) then sink U-128 at 11°08'S, 35°38'W.
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