Tuesday, May 22, 2018

"... splash one attacker."

SAT 22 MAY 1943
Pacific
Japanese aircraft attack gunboat Charleston (PG-51) and destroyer Phelps (DD-360) off Attu Island, Aleutians; both ships emerge unscathed and splash one attacker.

Atlantic
As the battle to protect ON 184 in the North Atlantic area continues, TBFs (VC 9) from escort carrier Bogue (CVE-9) sink German submarine U-569, 50°40'N, 35°21'W, and damage U-305.

Mediterranean
Advanced Amphibious Training Base, Tunis, Tunisia, is established.

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