US NAVY
PACIFIC—Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley assumes command of
South Pacific Area and South Pacific Force with headquarters at Auckland, New
Zealand.
Submarine S-27
(SS-132) runs aground off St. Makarius Point, Amchitka, Aleutians; all
hands reach safety ashore. Crew, provisions, clothing, guns, medical supplies
are ferried ashore by rubber boat (see 20 June).
Japanese
water carrier Wayo Maru is damaged by aircraft (nationality
unspecified), Rabaul.
Seaplane
tender (destroyer) Ballard (AVD-10), directed to the scene by a PBY (VP
11), rescues 35 survivors (one of whom dies shortly after rescue) from Japanese
carrier Hiryu that had been scuttled by destroyers Kazegumo and Yugumo
on 5 June. They had been members of the engineering department, left below
for dead in the abandonment of the ship.
ATLANTIC—District patrol craft YP-389 is sunk by
German submarine U-701 five to six miles northeast of Buoy No.4, Cape
Hatteras mine area, North Carolina.
CARIBBEAN—U.S. schooner Cheerio is shelled by German
submarine U-161 approximately eight miles southeast of Mona Island,
Puerto Rico, 18°02'N, 67°40'W; patrol plane interrupts U-161's attack
but not in time to prevent the U-boat from inflicting irreparable damage. All
hands (nine men) survive the attack; Coast Guard cutter CG-459 rescues
them with the help of a second patrol plane that arrives on the scene.
Tug Crusader
Kingston rescues the last three survivors from a raft from U.S. freighter Norlantic,
sunk by German submarine U-69 on 13 May.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
US ARMY FORCES IN MIDDLE EAST—General Maxwell, formerly
head of US Military North African Mission, assumes command of USAFIME.
FIFTH AF—B‑17’s pound shipping and Vunakanau airfield at
Rabaul.
ELEVENTH AF—B‑24’s taking off to bomb Kiska abort due to
fog. 1 of them and 2 of its crew are lost when forced to land in the water. A B‑17
is dispatched to attack a reported submarine but makes no contact.
US ARMY
PACIFIC OCEAN AREA—Admiral
Ghormley takes command of South Pacific Area and South Pacific Force.
MIDDLE EAST—USAFIME is activated by order of General Maxwell,
with HQ in Cairo, Egypt, replacing U.S. North African Military Mission.
US MARINE CORPS
Vice Admiral Ghormley assumes command of South Pacific Area
and South Pacific Forces.
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