"Johns Hopkins drags anchor in storm and is mined"

MON 2 OCT 1944
Pacific
Tank landing ships LST-129, LST-278, and LST-661 are damaged by storm, Palau, 06°59'N, 134°13'E.

Submarine Aspro (SS-309) sinks Japanese cargo ship Azuchisan Maru in South China Sea west of Luzon, 18°25'N, 120°32'E.

Submarine Pomfret (SS-391) sinks Japanese army transports Tsuyama Maru and Makassar Maru south of Formosa, 21°00'N, 121°46'E.

Japanese army vessel Ryochi Maru is sunk by aircraft off Bantayan Island, north of Cebu.

Mediterranean
U.S. freighter Johns Hopkins drags anchor in storm and is mined off Marseilles, France, 43°16'N, 05°08'28"E; destroyer Hobson (DD-464) is among the ships that proceeds to the stricken freighter's assistance. Rescue tug ATR-127 tows the merchantman into Marseilles, where she discharges her cargo and disembarks the 466 U.S. and French troops she had had embarked. There are no casualties among the 41-man merchant complement or the 28-man Armed Guard.