MON 4 SEP 1944
Pacific
Submarine Bowfin (SS-287) sinks Japanese guardboat No.6 Hinode Maru east of Nanpo Shoto, 31°54'N, 152°05'E.
Mediterranean
Aviation supply ship Tackle (IX-217)* is damaged by mine, Port de Buoc, France, while being towed by French tug Provençal.
Atlantic
Tank landing ship LST-659 is damaged when she strikes a submerged wreck off RED beach, southern France.
*At the time, Tackle was actually a rescue & salvage vessel, (ARS-37). Further details on the mine damage.
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