SUN 8 AUG 1943
Pacific
Motor torpedo boat PT-113, damaged by grounding, eastern New Guinea, 09°12'S, 146°29'E, is beached and abandoned.
Submarine Salmon (SS-182) unsuccessfully attacks Japanese vessel Shinko Maru 46°50'N, 144°40'E.
Submarine Whale (SS-239) sinks Japanese ammunition ship Naruto Maru northwest of the Marianas, 24°12'N, 142°52'E, and survives counterattack by destroyer Asanagi.
Japanese gunboat Tozan Maru is wrecked in storm on the south coast of Hokkaido, 42°25'N, 143°20'E.
Atlantic
Aircraft (VC 1) from escort carrier Card (CVE-11) damage German submarine U-262, North Atlantic. U-262 unsuccessfully attacks destroyer Borie (DD-215); U-664 conducts unsuccessful attack on Card. VC 1 fliers find U-664 on the surface but do not damage the U-boat.
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