TUE 26 SEP 1944 Pacific
Destroyer escort McCoy Reynolds (DE-440) sinks Japanese submarine I-175 northeast of Palaus, 09°14'N, 136°40'E.
Submarine Pargo (SS-264) sinks Japanese minelayer Aotaka off Borneo, 07°00'N, 116°00'E.
Submarine Thresher (SS-200) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Koetsu Maru in Yellow Sea, 37°13'N, 123°48'E.
U.S. freighter Elihu Thompson is damaged by mines off Noumea, New Caledonia, 22°22'10"S, 166°34'E; fleet tug Apache (ATF-67) rescues survivors, and later beaches the ship to facilitate salvage. Of the 211 troops embarked as passengers, 32 perish in the explosions; there are no casualties among the 42-man merchant complement or the 33-man Armed Guard.
Japanese river gunboat Saga is damaged by mine, Hong Kong.
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