TUE 10 AUG 1943
Pacific
Motor torpedo boat PT-161, operating from Rendova, is damaged by Japanese floatplane off Gatere. Other motor torpedo boats engage Japanese craft (fishing boats) in Blackett Strait, sinking Suiko Maru.
Submarine Salmon (SS-182) sinks Japanese merchant fishing boat Wakanoura Maru, 46°55'N, 143°30'E.
Submarine Tullibee (SS-284) is damaged when rammed by Japanese cargo ship during the submarine's attack on a three-ship convoy on the Saipan-Truk route.
USAAF B-24 damages (with a near-miss) Japanese auxiliary sailing vessel No. 5 Shinsei Maru west of Cape St. George, 04°50'S, 152°55'E.
Mediterranean
Off Sicily, tank landing ships LST-318, damaged by dive bomber on 9 August 1943 off Sicily, 38°04'N, 14°30'E, is beached and abandoned; salvage vessel Brant (ARS-32) is damaged by friendly fire from destroyer Benson (DD-421), 36°49'N, 13°27'E.
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Friendly Fire
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