Landing At Torokina; U.S.S. Haddock Attacks Cable Guy, Lies About It

NOVEMBER

MON 1 NOV 1943
Pacific
Third Amphibious Force, TF 31 (Rear Admiral Theodore S. Wilkinson), lands 1st Marine Amphibious Corps (Lieutenant General Alexander A. Vandegrift) at Cape Torokina, Bougainville, Solomons; assault is covered by TBF aircraft and destroyer gunfire. During Japanese retaliatory air strikes, destroyer Wadsworth (DD-516) is damaged by near-miss of bomb.

Cruiser and destroyer force TF 39 (Rear Admiral Aaron S. Merrill) and carrier task force TF 38 (Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman) shell and bomb Japanese airfields and installations in Buka-Bonis area, Solomons. Rear Admiral Merrill's force later bombards enemy airfields on Shortland Island, Solomons. Japanese return fire damages destroyer Dyson (DD-572).

Destroyer Fullam (DD-474) is damaged by grounding, Solomons area, 06°25'S, 154°53'E.

U.S. aircraft sink Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 13 west of Shortland Island, Solomons, 07°00'S 155°30'E.

Submarine Haddock (SS-231) attacks Japanese cable-layer Tateishi and trawler Kitagami Maru off Rokutei Island, 09°02'N, 150°43'E. Although Haddock claims damage to both ships, neither is actually damaged.

Atlantic
Destroyer Borie (DD-215) sinks German submarine U-405 north of the Azores, 49°00'N, 31°14'W, but is damaged in the battle.