FRI 20 AUG 1943
Pacific
Destroyer Pringle (DD-477) is damaged by Japanese strafing and near-miss of bombs while transiting Gizo Strait, Solomons; tank landing ships LST-354 is damaged by near-misses of bombs, off Barakoma.
Submarine Gar (SS-206) sinks Japanese transport Seizan Maru, 01°00'N, 119°00'E.
Submarine Pompano (SS-181) departs Midway on her seventh war patrol. She is never heard from again.
Submarine Plunger (SS-179) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Seitai Maru off the southwest coast of Hokkaido, 42°15'N, 139°58'E.
Submarine Wahoo (SS-238) sinks Japanese merchant sampan No.1 Inari Maru, 45°50'N, 146°22'E.
Dutch submarine O 24 sinks Japanese gunboat Chosa Maru south of Penang, Malaya, 05°09'N, 100°10'E.
Atlantic
Naval Base, Rosneath, Scotland, is reestablished.
German submarine U-670 is accidentally rammed and sunk during night training exercises in Baltic Sea.
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