TUE 16 MAY 1944
Pacific
During exercises, battleship Colorado (BB-45) is damaged when she accidentally runs aground on a pinnacle off Kahoolawe, T.H.
Destroyers Franks (DD-554), Haggard (DD-555), and Johnston (DD-557) sink Japanese submarine I-176, 150 miles north of Cape Alexander, Solomons, 04°01'S, 156°29'E. Haggard suffers slight damage from exploding depth charges. The sinking of I-176 prompts the Japanese to shift the position of a cordon of submarines (the NA line) in the New Guinea-Carolines area; much radio traffic accompanies the move (see 19 May 1944).
Japanese minelayer Aotaka is damaged by mine, Kaoe Bay.
Atlantic
Non-rigid airship K 5 is destroyed in crash into number one hangar, Lakehurst, New Jersey.
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Accident & Crash Day
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