WED 25 AUG 1943 Pacific
Rear Admiral Marc A. Mitscher is relieved as Commander Aircraft, Solomons, by Major General Nathan F. Twining, USA.
TG 34.4, covered by four destroyers, sows mines off Wilson Cove, western Kolombongara; light minelayers Montgomery (DM-17) and Preble (DM-20) are damaged in collision as they retire from the area, 09°01'S, 159°50'E.
Destroyer Patterson (DD-392) sinks Japanese submarine RO 35 170 miles southeast of San Cristobal Island, Solomons, 12°57'S, 164°23'E.
USAAF B-24 damages Japanese vessel Mito Maru 60 miles west-northwest of Mussau Island.
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