US NAVY
PACIFIC—United States, in agreement with Allied
governments, assumes responsibility for the strategic defense of entire Pacific
Ocean.
Submarine Grayback
(SS-208) sinks Japanese collier Ishikari Maru six miles west of Port
Lloyd, Chichi Jima, Bonins, 27°05'N, 142°05'E.
Submarine Permit
(SS-178) is damaged by depth charges off Tayabas Bay, P.I. but remains on
patrol.
EUROPE—Naval Forces Europe (Vice Admiral Robert L.
Ghormley) is established.
ATLANTIC—Destroyer Stack (DD-406) and carrier Wasp
(CV-7) are damaged in collision while en route from Casco Bay, Maine, to
Norfolk, Virginia.
Unarmed
U.S. tanker Acme is torpedoed and damaged by German submarine U-124 west
of Diamond Shoals,35°06'N, 75°23'W; U-124 later torpedoes and sinks
Greek freighter Kassandra Louloudi four miles west-southwest of Diamond
Shoals gas buoy. Coast Guard cutter Dione (WPC-107) rescues 20 survivors from
Acme and 35 from Kassandra Louloudi; steamship Beta rescues 22 men from the
latter ship.
Honduran
freighter Ceiba is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-124 at
35°43'N, 73°49'W (see 19 March).
US ARMY AIR FORCE
SW PACIFIC AREA—General MacArthur arrives in Australia to
assume command of United Nations forces in SWPA. He actually assumed command on
18 April.
US ARMY
AUSTRALIA—From
Mindanao, General MacArthur flies to Darwin, where he will be in supreme
command of forces in SW Pacific. Formal delineation of this area has not yet
been agreed upon. Col Beebe, deputy chief of staff of USAFFE, is promoted to brigadier
general.
CHINA BURMA INDIA—Air Vice Marshal Stevenson, commanding Allied
air forces, moves HQ from Burma to Calcutta, India.
US MARINE CORPS
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