SUN 4 JUL 1943
Pacific
Submarine Jack (SS-259) attacks Japanese convoy off southeast coast of Honshu, sinking army cargo ship Nikkyu Maru, 34°33'N, 138°37'E.
Submarine Pompano (SS-181) sinks Japanese seaplane carrier Sagara Maru, previously damaged by Harder (SS-257), 34°38'N, 137°53'E.
Submarine Snook (SS-279) attacks Takao, Formosa-bound Japanese convoy in the East China Sea, damaging transport Atlantic Maru and sinking army cargo ships Liverpool Maru and Koki Maru about 250 miles north-northeast of Keelung, 28°40'N, 124°10'E.
Mediterranean
Destroyer Wilkes (DD-441) is damaged by grounding, North African area, 37°18'N, 09°51'E.
Atlantic
Survivors (42 merchant sailors, three passengers, and the 25-man Armed Guard) of U.S. freighter Elihu B. Washburne, torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-513 the previous day, reach safety on the island of Sao Sabastiao.
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
A Day Like Any Other Day At War
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