Saturday, December 8, 2018

Pointless History Lesson

WED 8 DEC 1943
Pacific
Task group including carriers, battleships, and destroyers (Rear Admiral Willis A. Lee) bombs and bombards Nauru Island; destroyer Boyd (DD-544) is damaged by shore battery fire. OS2Us (VO 6 and VO 9) from battleships strafe and photograph barracks area upon completion of ships' bombardment.

Submarine Sawfish (SS-276) sinks Japanese transport Sansei Maru southwest of Chichi Jima, 25°19'N, 141°44'E.

TBFs sink Rabaul-bound Japanese fishing boats No. 3 Yusho Maru, No.7 Fukuei Maru, Takatori Maru, and No.1 Hoko Maru, 00°20'N, 152°10'E.

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