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Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Mine Laying Irony Abounds

MON 25 SEP 1944
Europe
Minelayer Miantonomah (CM-10) is sunk by mine off Le Havre, France, 49°27'N, 00°17'E.

Pacific
Submarine Barbel (SS-316) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Bushu Maru off Togara Gunto, 29°46'N, 129°40'E.

Submarine Guardfish (SS-217) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship No.2 Miyakawa Maru in Yellow Sea off Chinnampo, Korea, 38°30'N, 124°06'E.

Submarine Nautilus (SS-168) lands supplies on Cebu.

Submarine Searaven (SS-196) attacks Japanese small craft off southwest tip of Etorofu, Kurils, sinking No.1 Hirota Maru.

Submarine Thresher (SS-200) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Nissei Maru in Yellow Sea, 37°32'N, 124°33'E.

Mediterranean
USAAF B-24s sink German submarines U-565 and U-596, Salamis, Greece.
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