Saturday, March 2, 2019

Shinkyo Maru's Luck Runs Out

THU 2 MAR 1944
Pacific
Submarine Narwhal (SS-167) delivers ammunition and supplies, and evacuates people from Butuan Bay, Nasipit, Mindanao.

After submarine Burrfish (SS-312) attacks Japanese army cargo ship Shinkyo Maru without success, submarine Picuda (SS-382) sinks Shinkyo Maru about 200 miles southwest of Truk, 06°22'N, 148°27'E; escort vessel Amakusa's counterattack upon Picuda is unsuccessful.

Japanese army cargo ship Uchide Maru sinks as the result of damage inflicted by submarine Sargo (SS-188) on 29 February.

Navy SBDs and TBFs damage small Japanese cargo vessel Ransei Maru south of Keravia, Rabaul.

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