SAT 21 OCT 1944
Pacific
Leyte landings continue. Off invasion beaches, transport Warhawk (AP-168) is damaged in collision with battleship Tennessee (BB-43), 10°57'N, 125°02'E, while Japanese mortar fire damages tank landing ships LST-269, LST-483, and LST-704, 10°50'N, 125°25'E.
TG 38.2 (Rear Admiral Gerald F. Bogan) attacks Japanese shipping and installations near Panay, Cebu, Negros, and Masbate, Navy carrier-based planes sinking auxiliary minesweeper Wa.8, 11°30'N, 123°20'E; auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 15, 12°55'N, 121°35'E; and army tanker Doko Maru, 12°35'N, 122°16'E.
British submarine HMS Tantivy sinks Japanese merchant cargo ships No.2 Chokyu Maru, No.3 Takasago Maru, and Otori Maru in Makassar Strait.
Mediterranean
Destroyer Eberle (DD-430) bombards targets near San Remo, Italy.
Monday, October 21, 2019
"Leyte landings continue."
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