Saturday, April 6, 2019

"but inflict no damage"

THU 6 APR 1944
Pacific
Japanese cargo vessel Arabia Maru is damaged by mine off Takao.

Japanese transport Hsing Yun Maru is sunk by USAAF mine in the Yangtze River near Chinkiang, 32°05'N, 119°56'E.

Mediterranean
Infantry landing craft LCI-34 is damaged by shore battery off Anzio.

U.S. motor torpedo boats engage German E-boats and a flak ship south of Vada Rocks, sinking one E-boat; flak ship later explodes as the result of gunfire damage. Enemy shore batteries take the motor torpedo boats under fire but inflict no damage.

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