US NAVY
PACIFIC—Japanese Main Body, Southern Force (Vice Admiral
Kondo Nobutake) overtakes fleeing Allied ships southwest of Bali; heavy cruiser
Maya and destroyers Arashi and Nowaki sink British
destroyer HMS Stronghold; heavy cruisers Atago and Takao attack
what they initially identify as a "Marblehead-class" cruiser
and sink her with gunfire; their quarry is actually destroyer Pillsbury (DD-227),
which is lost with all hands at 14°30'S, 106°30'E.
Submarine Perch
(SS-176) is depth-charged and damaged by Japanese destroyer Ushio, Java
Sea.
Submarine S-38
(SS-143) attacks Japanese light cruiser Kinu but the latter evades
all four torpedoes fired, 06°27'S,112°12'E.
Submarine Sailfish
(SS-192) torpedoes and sinks Japanese aircraft transport Kamogawa Maru north
of Lombok Strait,08°06'S, 115°57'E.
Japanese
troops land at Zamboanga, Mindanao, P.I.
Bataan-based
USAAF P-40s sink Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser No.11 Kyo Maru in
Subic Bay.
ATLANTIC—Antisubmarine Warfare Unit, Atlantic Fleet is
established at Boston, Massachusetts.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
FIFTH AF—5 B‑17’s and 3 Light Bomber-30’s (the last
airplane taking off just before midnight) evacuate the last 260 men from
Jogjakarta, the last airfield on Java in Allied hands. Ground forces are within
20 mi at this time. Bataan-based P‑40’s attack shipping in Subic Bay. The
pilots claim considerable damage to the ships, but 4 of the few P‑40’s
remaining on Bataan are lost.
US ARMY
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES—Japanese
gain further ground in Java, where Dutch are continuing to resist; claim
capture of Batavia, from which Netherlands East Indies Government has been forced
to move to Bandoeng. Many ships are scuttled off Java to prevent them from
falling into enemy hands.
NEW GUINEA—Japanese begin heavy air strikes on New Guinea
in preparation for invasion of Huon Gulf area.
BURMA—Japanese continue to infiltrate westward between
Burma 1st and Indian 17th Divisions and are swinging SW on Rangoon, bypassing
Pegu.
US MARINE CORPS
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