TUE 19 SEP 1944
Pacific
Infantry landing craft (gunboat) LCI(G)-459 is sunk by mine off west side of Peleliu reef.
Motor torpedo boat PT-371, damaged by grounding off northwest coast of Halmahera, 02°05'N, 127°51'E, is sunk by demolition charges.
Submarine Bang (SS-385) attacks Japanese shipping off east coast of Formosa, sinking tanker No.2 Toosei Maru and damaging Coast Defense Vessel No.30, 24°54'N, 122°23'E.
Submarine Redfin (SS-395) sinks Japanese fishing vessel Nanko Maru, 05°36'N, 122°16'E.
Submarine Scabbardfish (SS-397) damages Japanese submarine tender Jingei, 80 miles northwest of Okinawa, 27°45'N, 127°00'E.
Submarine Shad (SS-235) sinks coast defense ship Ioshima (ex-Chinese cruiser Ning Hai) 85 miles off Hachijo Jima, 33°40'N, 138°20'E.
Saipan-based USAAF B-24s pound Japanes shipping off Chichi Jima, damaging landing ship T.153 and small cargo vessel Tsukiura Maru.
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