THU 20 JAN 1944
Pacific
Submarine Batfish (SS-310) attacks Japanese convoy off southern Honshu, sinking transport Hidaka Maru south of Shiono Misaki, 31°28'N, 134°52'E.
Submarine Gar (SS-206) attacks Japanese convoy on the New Guinea-to-Palau route, sinking army cargo ship Kiyo Maru about 50 miles south-southwest of Palau, 06°40'N, 134°17'E.
Submarine Seadragon (SS-194) damages Japanese stores ship Irako northwest of Truk, 08°04'N, 152°40'E.
Submarine Tinosa (SS-283) lands men and equipment in northeast Borneo.
USAAF B-24s (14th Air Force) sink Japanese transports Menado Maru and Kuzan Maru 140 miles southeast of Swatow, China, 22°10'N, 118°15'E.
USAAF B-25s sink transport Ogashima Maru at Namu Atoll, Marshalls, 08°07'N, 168°00'E.
USAAF planes sink Japanese dredge Jintsu Maru at 03°04'S, 142°10'E.
Atlantic
Tank landing ship LST-228 sinks after running aground off the Azores, 38°39'N, 27°12'W.
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