Friday, May 4, 2018

Torpedo, Torpedo, Torpedo

TUE 4 MAY 1943
Pacific
Submarine Gudgeon (SS-212) sinks Japanese merchant trawler Naku Maru west of Panay, P.I., 10°11'N, 121°43'E.

Submarine Seal (SS-183) attacks Japanese convoy, sinking fleet tanker San Clemente Maru about 50 miles southeast of Palau, 06°30'N, 130°30'E.

Net tender Catalpa (YN-5) begins towing damaged U.S. freighter William Williams, torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19 near Suva on 2 May (see 7 May).

Atlantic
German submarine attacks on ships of convoy ONS 5 continue: U.S. freighter West Maximus is torpedoed and sunk by U-264 at 55°00'N, 43°00'W; during the abandonment, one sailor of the 21-man Armed Guard drowns, while five of the 39-man merchant complement are lost with the ship. British trawler HMS Northern Spray rescues the survivors (who also include two Army passengers).

Portuguese fishing trawler Albufeira rescues 11 survivors from U.S. freighter James W. Denver, torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-195 in the North Atlantic on 11 April (see 16 May).

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