THU 18 MAY 1944 Pacific
Naval base and Naval Air Station, Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, are established.
Submarine Puffer (SS-268) attacks Japanese convoy in Java Sea, sinking army cargo ship Shinryu Maru about 40 miles east-southeast of Surabaya, 07°33'S, 113°16'E.
Japanese merchant tanker Nichiyoku Maru is sunk by mine (laid by British submarine HMS Tally Ho on 14 May), 03°41'N, 99°04'E.
Japanese army cargo ship Fukko Maru sinks as the result of damage inflicted by submarine Sand Lance (SS-381) the previous day.
USAAF B-25s damage Japanese cargo ship No.3 Shinnan Maru.
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