FRI 6 OCT 1944
Pacific
Submarine Cabrilla (SS-288) damages Japanese transport Hokurei Maru and sinks tanker No.2 Yamamizu Maru off west coast of Luzon, 17°31'N, 120°21'E.
Submarine Seahorse (SS-304) sinks Japanese Coast Defense Vessel No. 21, 140 miles northwest of Cape Bojeador, Luzon, 19°27'N, 118°08'E.
Submarine Whale (SS-239) sinks Japanese transport Kinugasa Maru and merchant tanker Akane Maru west of Balintang Channel, north-northwest of Luzon, 19°40'N, 118°05'E.
British submarine HMS Tally Ho sinks Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 2, 110 nautical miles west of Penang, Malaya, 04°20'N, 98°24'E.
Dutch submarine Zwaardvisch sinks German submarine U-168 in Java Sea, 06°20'S, 111°28'E.
Japanese gunboat Saga is sunk by mine off Hong Kong, 22°17'N, 114°10'E.
Europe
U.S. freighter George Popham is mined off Normandy, but suffers little damage; there are no casualties among the 42-man merchant complement, the 26-man Armed Guard, or the 70 stevedores embarked to work cargo.
Mediterranean
Destroyer Niblack (DD-424) bombards railroad yards on Cape Impeglio. Niblack is later damaged when accidentally rammed by destroyer Jouett (DD-396) when the latter drags anchor.
U.S. freighter Elinor Wylie is mined while en route from Marseille to Toulon, France, at 42°57'30"N, 05°49'30"E; there are, however, no casualties among the 40-man merchant complement or the 29-man Armed Guard, and the ship is towed into Toulon, where she discharges her cargo without further incident.
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