More Crummy Torpedo Exploders

SAT 24 JUL 1943
Pacific
Destroyers bombard Bairoko Harbor, New Georgia, Solomons.

Submarine Tinosa (SS-283) torpedoes Japanese oiler No. 3 Tonan Maru, 06°56'N, 147°52'E; towed to Truk, the oiler is utilized as a floating oil tank. Tinosa,however, fires 15 torpedoes; 13 hit but only two explode! The incident highlights torpedo exploder problems that have plagued the submarine force since the beginning of the war.

Japanese army cargo ship Mie Maru is sunk by mine, Babo harbor, 02°31'S, 133°26'E.

Atlantic
USAAF aircraft sink German submarine U-622 off Norway, 63°27'N, 10°23'E.

Planes (VC 29) from escort carrier Santee (CVE-29) damage German submarine U-373 about 130 miles west of Madeira Islands.

USAAF B-24s damage German submarine U-466 off Cayenne, French Guiana, 07°30'N, 50°15'W.