US NAVY
PACIFIC—Submarine Grayling (SS-209) torpedoes and
sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Ryujin Maru off southwest tip of
Shikoku, Japan, 31°51'N, 132°50'E. Destroyer Minazuki drives off Grayling
with depth charges.
Japanese
transport No.3 Hino Maru is damaged by aircraft (nationality
unspecified) off Koepang, Timor.
ATLANTIC—Unarmed U.S. tanker Esso Boston, torpedoed
and shelled by German submarine U-130 the previous day, sinks; the
entire 37 man crew is rescued by destroyer Biddle (DD-151) and taken to
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Abandoned
U.S. tanker Eugene V.R. Thayer, shelled on 9 April by Italian submarine Pietro
Calvi, sinks off coast of Brazil.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
FIFTH AF—Australia-based B‑25’s hit targets in the Philippine Islands for second consecutive day.
Staging through Valencia the B‑25’s take off just after midnight during 12/13
Apr and bomb Cebu shipping and installations at Davao. Later in the day the Medium
Bombers again attack Davao, bombing the dock area.
SOUTH PACIFIC—Adm Ghormley is assigned as COMSOPAC. He is
to command all Allied base and local def forces (land, sea, and air) in the
South Pacific islands, with the exception of NZ land defenses.
US ARMY
SOUTH PACIFIC—Vice Admiral
Robert L. Ghormley is designated Commander, South Pacific Area (COMSOPAC) and S
Pac Forces.
BURMA—Gap develops in Burma I Corps line, and Japanese are
moving N through it toward oil fields. Burma 1st Division, under pressure S of
Magwe, is reinforced by 7th Armored Brigade (less 7th Hussars). General Stilwell’s
orders designed to avert threat to Lashio—93d Division (less regiment) is
directed to move to Taunggyi; 49th Division plus regiment of 93d is to continue
to guard Thailand border; T-55th Division is to remain in Mawchi-Loikaw area—are
delivered to Chinese 6th Army. Chinese 66th Army, less 38th Division, is to
concentrate below Mandalay.
US MARINE CORPS
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