FRI 5 MAY 1944
Pacific
Appointment of Admiral Toyoda Soemu as Commander in Chief of the Combined Fleet is announced.
U.S. motor torpedo boats blockading the southeastern coast of Bougainville encounter five or more heavily armed Japanese barges. In the ensuing action, the barges and enemy shore batteries on Rantan and Bougainville catch the three PTs in a crossfire, sinking PT-247, 06°38'S, 156°01'E.
Submarine Pogy (SS-266) attacks Japanese convoy, sinks transport Shirane Maru off Shionomisaki, Honshu, 33°27'N, 135°32'E.
Mediterranean
During convoy GUS 38's continued passage westward, destroyer escort Laning (DE-159) locates German submarine U-967, but the U-boat torpedoes and sinks destroyer escort Fechteler (DE-157) 120 miles northwest of Oran, Algeria, 36°07'N, 02°40'W.
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