Friday, December 21, 2018

Bodega Abandoned

TUE 21 DEC 1943
Pacific
PBYs from Attu, Aleutians, bomb Shimushu, Paramushiro Strait, Kuriles.

Coastal transport APc-2 is damaged by dive bomber off New Britain, 06°12'S, 149°03'E.

Submarine Grayback (SS-208) sinks Japanese auxiliary netlayer Kashiwa Maru and merchant passenger/cargo ship Konan Maru south-southwest of Kagoshima, Japan, 30°26'N, 129°58'E.

Submarine Sailfish (SS-192) sinks Japanese transport Uyo Maru off Miyazaki, 32°38'N, 132°04'E.

Submarine Skate (SS-305) sinks Japanese fleet tanker Terukawa Maru northwest of Truk, Carolines, 09°45'N, 151°56'E.

USAAF B-25s sink small Japanese cargo vessel Matsushima Maru at Wewak.

Atlantic
Coast Guard cutter Bodega (WYP 342), damaged by grounding on 20 December off Margarita Point, is abandoned.

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