TUE 14 DEC 1943
Pacific
Faulty fuel pump ignites gasoline dump that in turn explodes ammunition dump; resultant fire destroys motor torpedo boat PT-239, Lambu Lambu Cove, Vella Lavella, Solomons, 07°42'S, 156°47'E.
Submarine Herring (SS-233) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Hakozaki Maru, 33°01'N, 124°01'E.
Atlantic
Naval Air Facility, Maceio, Brazil, is established.
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