SUN 14 MAY 1944
Pacific
Submarines Aspro (SS-309) and Bowfin (SS-287) attack Japanese convoy, and sink cargo ship Bisan Maru about 90 miles northwest of Palau, 08°55'N, 133°42'E.
Submarine Bonefish (SS-223) attacks Japanese convoy bound for the Sibitu Passage, sinking destroyer Inazuma near Tawi Tawi, east of Borneo, 05°03'N, 119°36'E, and evades counterattacks by what is most likely destroyer Hibiki. Ironically, Bonefish had aimed her initial torpedo at a tanker (Nichiei Maru, Azusa Maru, or Tatekawa Maru) but ended up hitting Inazuma instead.
Submarine Crevalle (SS-291), en route to her base, is damaged by depth charges off northern Celebes, 00°57'N, 125°51'E.
Submarine Sand Lance (SS-381) encounters that portion of convoy 3503 that had been detached to proceed to Guam, and sinks army cargo ship K_ho [sic*] Maru southwest of Apra harbor, 13°43'N, 144°42'E. Sand Lance survives resultant depth-charging from one or more of the escorts: escort vessel Oki, torpedo boat Otori, and auxiliary submarine chaser No.8 Shonan Maru.
Mediterranean
German submarine U-616 attacks convoy GUS 39 off Cape Tenes, Morocco, prompting a search by Oran-based U.S. destroyers (see 17 May 1944) (Captain Adelbert F. Converse).
*Koho or Kuho, you decide.
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