Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Wednesday, 3 December 1941

US NAVY

ATLANTIC—Unarmed U.S. freighter Sagadahoc is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U‑124 in South Atlantic, 21°50'S,07°50'W. One man of the 37‑man crew is lost.

            Destroyer Mayo (DD‑422), in TU 4.1.5 en route to MOMP and convoy ON 41, encounters two British ships, HMS Tenacity and merchantman Meademere, burning navigation lights south of Iceland; when they fail to answer challenge, Mayo illuminates them with star shells, at which point they turn off lights and answer challenge promptly.

PACIFIC—Yacht Isabel (PY‑10) sails for coast of French Indochina, deployed in accordance with President Roosevelt's "defensive information patrol" order.

            Submarine Argonaut (SS‑166) arrives off Midway Island on simulated war patrol. 

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