US NAVY
PACIFIC—Submarine Nautilus (SS-168) torpedoes and
sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship No.6 Tamon Maru east of
Japan,40°35'N, 141°50'N.
Submarine Sculpin
(SS-191) torpedoes Japanese seaplane carrier Nisshin east of Kokoda
Island; the submarine is damaged by depth charges off New Britain, 03°47'S,
151°36'E but continues her patrol.
Submarine Trout
(SS-202) torpedoes Japanese escort carrier Taiyo east of Truk,
06°59'N, 151°45'E.
ATLANTIC—U.S. freighter Alcoa Mariner is torpedoed
and sunk by German submarine U‑175 approximately 20 miles off the mouth
of the Orinoco River, 08°57'N, 60°08'W; all hands survive the loss of the ship.
Canadian motorship Turret Cape rescues 41 merchant seamen and the 13 man
Armed Guard.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
FIFTH AF—P‑40’s and P‑400’s bomb and strafe Wairopi bridge,
village of Kagi, Myola Lake area, and targets of opportunity along Buna-Kokoda
trail. 1 B‑17 bombs airfield at Lae. Main body of 126th Infantry, US 32d Division,
arrives at Port Moresby and is assigned to New Guinea Force to join Australian advance
on Wairopi.
ELEVENTH AF—2 bombing missions are flown to Kiska and Attu
by 7 B‑24’s, 1 B‑17, and 1 LB-30, escorted by 17 fighters. Installations on
Kiska and a freighter nearby are bombed. 1 of the B‑24’s and the LB-30 bomb
village and Chichagof Harbor on Attu and on returning silence AA guns on a
freighter. 5 float-planes are shot down, and 1 submarine is sunk. 1 P‑39 is
shot down.
US ARMY
NEW GUINEA—Main
body of 126th Infantry, U.S. 32d Division, reaches Port Moresby and is assigned
to New Guinea Force to assist in advance on Wairopi.
US MARINE CORPS
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