MON 1 MAY 1944 MAY
Pacific
Supported by carrier planes from TG 58.1, TG 58.7 (Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee), consisting of seven battleships screened by 14 destroyers, bombards wharf areas, seaplane base, and other Japanese installations on Ponape Island, Carolines.
District patrol craft YP-95 sinks after running aground in Beyer Bay, south shore of Adak, Aleutian Islands, while assisting in a minesweeping mission.
Submarine Bluegill (SS-242) sinks Japanese army cargo ship Asosan Maru [repaired after her encounter with Trigger (SS-237) on 19 April]* east of Mindanao, 07°05'N, 130°00'E.
PB4Y damages Japanese cargo vessel Anshu Maru off Biak.
*I looked. Wasn't 19 April, but 27 April. Can any of this be trusted?
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