US NAVY
PACIFIC—River gunboat Tutuila (PR-4), decommissioned
at Chungking, China, on 18 January, is leased to the Chinese government for the
duration of the war.
Japanese
merchant cargo ship Jumpo Maru is sunk, agent unknown, off Tsushima
Island.
ATLANTIC—U.S. tanker E.M. Clark is torpedoed and
sunk by German submarine U-124 about 22 miles southwest of Diamond
Shoals, North Carolina, 34°50'N, 75°35'W. Venezuelan tanker Catatumbo rescues
23 of the tanker's complement. Unarmed U.S. tanker Papoose is torpedoed
by German submarine U-124 about 15 miles south of Cape Lookout, North
Carolina, 34°17'N, 76°39'W (see 19 March 1942).
Yacht Tourmaline
(PY-20) and Coast Guard cutter Cuyahoga (WPC-157) rescue eight
survivors of British tanker San Demetrio, sunk by U-404 on 16
March.
Unarmed
U.S. tanker W.E. Hutton is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-332
about 20 miles southeast of Cape Lookout, North Carolina, 34°05'N, 76°40'W;
13 of the ship's complement of 36 merchant sailors perish in the attack (see 19
March).
US ARMY AIR FORCE
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US ARMY
NEW HEBRIDES—U.S.
Army troops (2 companies of 182d Infantry and an engineer company of Americal Division)
arrive at Efate to build airfield.
US MARINE CORPS
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