SUN 12 MAR 1944
Pacific
Submarine Flying Fish (SS-229) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Taijin Maru about 10 miles northwest of Daito Jima, approximately 175 miles southeast of the Ryukyus, 25°53'N, 131°19'E.
Submarine Gato (SS-212) sinks Japanese army cargo ship No.3 Okinoyama Maru north of New Guinea, 01°15'S, 133°20'E.
PBYs attack Japanese convoy en route to Hollandia, sinking motor sailboat Hosho Maru.
Mediterranean
Submarine chaser PC-624 is damaged when she runs aground three miles east of Palermo, Sicily.
Light cruisers Philadelphia (CL-41) and Brooklyn (CL-40) provide gunfire support off Anzio; they repeat the missions on the 13th. On both occasions they encounter shore battery fire without damage.
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Deadly Routine
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