Saturday, June 23, 2018

Cargo Ships Sunk & Scuttled

WED 23 JUN 1943
Pacific
Japanese submarine RO 103 torpedoes and sinks cargo ship Aludra (AK-72) and torpedoes cargo ship Deimos (AK-78) while both are in convoy en route to Guadalcanal, 11°26'S, 162°01'E. Deimos, irreparably damaged, is scuttled by destroyer O'Bannon (DD-450), 11°26'S, 162°01'E.

Submarine Harder (SS-257) damages Japanese seaplane carrier Sagara Maru off southern Honshu, 33°45'N, 138°10'E (see 4 July 1943).

U.S. aircraft sink Japanese guardboat Nikka Maru north of Bougainville, 05°34'N, 155°07'E.

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