THU 21 OCT 1943
Pacific
Submarine Steelhead (SS-280) damages Japanese aircraft transport Goshu Maru southeast of Ulithi, Carolines, 08°16'N, 141°53'E.
RAAF Beaufort damages Japanese light cruiser Kiso 53 miles from Cape St. George, 04°23'S, 153°11'E.
Japanese cargo ship No.11 Chofoku Maru is sunk by mine while en route from Surabaya to Penang; cargo ship Rakuto Maru is damaged by mine off Padamarang Island.
Atlantic
Destroyer Murphy (DD-603) is cut in two when she is accidentally rammed by U.S. tanker Bulkoil 265 miles east-southeast of Ambrose Lightship, New York. Murphy's forward section sinks.
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| Murphy under tow by the USS Glennon (DD-620). |
["(T)aking 36 officers and men with it" the Official Chronology does not mention. Other post-ramming photographs at NavSource Destroyer Archive. Scroll down if you click the Wiki link, or go directly to King Ibn Saud's voyage aboard the Murphy. Ripped from today's headlines, sorta.]
Aircraft (VC 13) from escort carrier Core (CVE-13) damage German submarine U-271, north of the Azores.
Mediterranean
German planes attack convoy MKS 28, strafing and torpedoing U.S. freighter Tivives about 15 miles off Cape Tenes; one of 48 merchant seamen and one of the 25-man Armed Guard perish in the ensuing abandonment as the ship sinks swiftly. Free French-manned corvette HMS LaMalouine rescues the survivors, who also include the six-man staff of the convoy commodore and one passenger.
*Refer to 18 & 20 OCT 1943 for previous examples of destroyer hot-dogging.
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