SUN 14 NOV 1943
Pacific
Submarine Apogon (SS-308) attacks Japanese Truk-bound convoy consisting of transports Akibasan Maru and Okitsu Maru, escorted by destroyers Asanagi and Inadzuma, 08°20'N, 154°15'E; although she claims one damaging hit on a transport, she is unsuccessful.
Atlantic
During battle drills destroyer William D. Porter (DD-579) inadvertently fires a live torpedo at battleship Iowa (BB-61), in which President Roosevelt is traveling. Fortunately, the destroyer signals the battleship in time and a catastrophe is avoided.
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