SAT 6 MAY 1944
Pacific
Submarine Crevalle (SS-291) attacks Japanese convoy off northern Borneo, sinking fleet tanker Nisshin Maru about 40 miles west of Kalutan Island, 07°19'N,116°52'E.
Submarine Gurnard (SS-254) encounters Japanese TAKE No.1 convoy in the Celebes Sea, sinking Manokwari-bound troop-carrying army cargo ships Aden Maru, Amatsuzan Maru and Tajima Maru, 02°42'N, 124°07'E.
Submarine Spearfish (SS-190) attacks Japanese shipping in East China Sea west of Kyushu, and sinks merchant cargo ship Toyoura Maru and damages supply ship Mamiya, 32°16'N, 127°08'E.
Atlantic
Destroyer escort Buckley (DE-51) is damaged when she intentionally rams German submarine U-66, which has been damaged by aircraft (VC 55) from escort carrier Block Island (CVE-21), about 390 miles west of the Cape Verdes. |
| USS Buckley in drydock at the Boston Navy Yard, her bow bent from ramming U-66. |
The battle echoes close-quarters fights of the age of sail, as Buckley's sailors employ small arms, hand grenades, fists and even coffee mugs. U-66 sinks as the result of the multi-faceted pounding she has taken in mid-Atlantic, 17°17'N, 32°29'W. |
LCDR Brent Abel, USNR, receives the Navy Cross for action as Commanding Officer of USS Buckley
from Captain George L. Menocal at the Boston Navy Yard where Buckley is undergoing repairs. |
Photos from Captain Jerry Mason, USN (ret.) provided to
NavSource by Bill Gonyo, Downey, Cal.
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