FRI 26 MAY 1944
Pacific
Destroyers (TG 57.8) bombard Japanese shore batteries and installations on Mille Atoll, Marshalls.
Operations against NA line continue; destroyer escort England (DD-635) sinks Japanese submarine RO-108 110 miles northeast of Manus, 00°32'S, 148°35'E.
Submarine Cabrilla (SS-288) sinks Japanese transport (ex-seaplane carrier) Sany_ [sic] Maru about 80 miles north of Mendao, Celebes, 02°40'N, 124°35'E.
[Again, Combined Fleet w/ the full name & further info: "NNW of Mendao, Celebes. At 1500, LCDR William C. Thompson's submerged USS CABRILLA (SS-288) begins an attack on SANYO MARU. At 1642, she is hit by four of the five torpedoes Thompson fires. One torpedo hits the starboard No. 4 hold, another hits No. 6 hold. 35 men of the AA unit are KIA. At 1732, she is abandoned. At 1940, SANYO MARU sinks at 02-46N, 124-22E."]
Submarine Permit (SS-178) torpedoes and damages Japanese submarine I-44 west-southwest of Truk, 07°05'N, 152°00'E.
Submarine Tambor (SS-198) sinks Japanese stores ship Chiyo Maru west of the Marianas, 20°40'N, 141°50'E.
THE CHIYO MARU, A JAPANESE MERCHANT SHIP, SINKING AFTER THE SUBMARINE USS TAMBOR
ENGAGED IT IN A GUN ACTION. SURVIVORS ARE CLAMBERING TO SAFETY IN THE SHIP'S RIGGING.
(NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
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