Friday, October 4, 2019

Action In Greenland

WED 4 OCT 1944
Pacific
Minelayer Salem (CM-11) is damaged by grounding off Tinian, Marianas.

Tank landing craft LCT-579 is sunk by mine off Palau.

Submarine Flasher (SS-249) sinks Japanese army cargo ship Taibin Maru in South China Sea north of Luzon, 15°22'N, 119°51'E.

British submarine HMS Rover damages Japanese auxiliary sailing vessel Mie Maru, 08°05'S, 117°00'E.

PBYs sink Japanese cargo ship Tateishi Maru and auxiliary sailing vessels Kigen Maru and Kiku Maru, Jolo, Philippines.

USAAF B-25s sink Japanese motor sailship Man Maru in Ambon bay.

Atlantic
Two-platoon landing force from Coast Guard cutter Eastwind (WAG 279) captures German weather station at Little Koldeyey, Greenland, 76°41'N, 18°50'W.

Mediterranean
Destroyer Niblack (DD-424) bombards MAS boat pens in San Remo, harbor and artillery positions in Cap Martin area.

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