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Sunday, August 5, 2018

Seamanship: Ferry Rams Destroyer

THU 5 AUG 1943
Pacific
Munda, New Georgia, Solomons, falls to U.S. Army forces.

Submarine Pike (SS-173) sinks Japanese transport Shoju Maru west of Marcus Island, 24°30'N, 158°50'E.

Submarine Silversides (SS-236) damages Japanese minelayer Tsugaru north-northeast of Rabaul, 01°53'N, 153°52'E.

USAAF B-24 and USN/USMC F4Us sink Japanese fishing boat No.9 Kaiyo Maru off Kolombangara.

Atlantic
Destroyer Black (DD-666) is damaged when accidentally rammed by ferryboat Staten (YFB-36) at New York Navy Yard.

Gunboat Plymouth (PG-57) is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-566, 120 miles southeast of Cape Henry, Virginia, 36°17'N, 74°29'W.
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