Monday, 13 July 1942

US NAVY

PACIFIC—Submarine S-16 (SS-121) is accidentally damaged by USAAF plane off coast of Panama.

            Submarine Seadragon (SS-194) sinks Japanese auxiliary vessel Shinyo Maru 10 miles northeast of Cape Varella, French Indochina, 13°05'N, 109°29'E.

            PBYs (VP 71) attempt daylight bombing of Japanese base at Tulagi-Gavutu, but bad weather forces a second straight cancellation of the mission.

            Japanese transport No.3 Mikage Maru is sunk in collision three miles south of Tsuru Jima, Japan, 33°00'N, 133°00'E.

            Japanese Combined Fleet is reorganized in the wake of the disastrous defeat suffered at Midway.

ATLANTIC—Naval Air Facility, Grand Cayman, British West Indies, is established.

            German submarine U-153, damaged by submarine chaser PC-458 and USAAF plane off coast of Panama, is sunk by destroyer Lansdowne (DD-486), 09°56'N, 81°29'W.

            Unarmed U.S. freighter Oneida, straggling from convoy NG 359, is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-166 approximately two miles north of Cape Maysi, Cuba, at 20°17'N, 74°06'W. Six crewmen perish; the 23 survivors reach the Cuban coast in two life rafts.

            Survivors from U.S. freighter Andrew Jackson, sunk by German submarine U-84 the day before, reach Vavendero, Cuba, by life boat.

GULF OF MEXICO—U.S. tanker R.W. Gallagher is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-67 approximately 80 miles from Southwest Pass, Louisiana, 28°32'N, 90°59'W, and abandoned. Eight of the ship's 40 man merchant complement die in the attack, as do two of the 12 man Armed Guard. Coast Guard cutter Boutwell (WPC-130) rescues survivors; two men later die of their injuries.

NORTH RUSSIA—Survivors of U.S. freighter Carlton (sunk by U-88 on 5 July) receive rations dropped by a British plane (see 14 and 24July).

US ARMY AIR FORCE

US ARMY MIDDLE EAST AIR FORCE—During 13/14 Jul, B‑17’s bomb Tobruk harbor, and B‑24’s hit ships and harbor at Bengasi. Heavy AA fire accounts for loss of Island B‑24.

US ARMY

PACIFIC—Operation Plan TULSA-II A is drawn up. U.S. 32d Division begins movement from Adelaide to camp near Brisbane, Australia. Maj General George C. Kenney, CG of Fourth Air Force, is directed to take command of Allied Air Forces, replacing General Brett.

US MARINE CORPS

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