US NAVY
GENERAL—By executive order President Roosevelt combines
duties of Commander in Chief U.S. Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations (see
March 26).
PACIFIC—U.S. Army troops (Brigadier General Alexander M.
Patch) arrive on New Caledonia to establish a base at Nouméa.
ATLANTIC—U.S. tanker John D. Gill is torpedoed and
irreparably damaged by German submarine U-158 off Frying Pan Shoals, 33°55'N,
77°39'W. Four of the seven man Armed Guard are lost. Coast Guard cutter CG-186
and cutter Agassiz (WPC-126) rescue one group of survivors, tanker Robert
H. Colley the remainder. John D. Gill sinks the next morning.
German
submarine U-126 torpedoes unarmed U.S. freighters off the coast of Cuba,
sinking Olga off Camaguey,23°39'N, 77°00'W, and damaging Colabee about
10 miles off Cape Guajaba, 22°14'N, 77°35'W. Colabee drifts ashore and
grounds on a shoal; Cuban ship Oriente rescues one group of survivors
(and then tows the damaged ship off the shoal), tanker Cities Service Kansas
the other. Cuban Navy vessels later salvage the ship.
First
British armed trawlers sent to augment U.S. Navy patrol force efforts off the
German submarine-plagued Eastern Seaboard, HMS Wastwater and HMS Le
Tigre, begin patrol operations in Third Naval District waters. They are
assigned duties off Atlantic City and Barnegat, New Jersey.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
TENTH AF—10 P‑40’s arrive in Karachi by ship from
Australia.
ZONE OF THE INTERIOR—XII Bomber Command is activated at
MacDill Field.
US ARMY
NEW CALEDONIA—U.S.
TF (17,500 men) under General Patch reaches Noumea to assist in defense of that
area.
ANDAMAN ISLANDS—Garrison of Andaman Islands. (Company of British
and Battalion of Gurkhas) is withdrawn, since loss of Rangoon makes it
unfeasible to maintain this seaplane base.
BURMA—Burma Army establishes hq at Maymyo.
US MARINE CORPS
U. S. forces arrive in New Caledonia.
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