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• German submarine U-404 sank US collier Lemuel Burrows 5 kilometers southeast of Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States at 0828 hours; 20 were killed, 1 survived. U-124 set British tanker British Resource on fire with a torpedo 260 miles north of Bermuda at 2118 hours; 46 were killed, 5 survived. ww2dbase [Second Happy Time | CPC]
• USS Astoria was assigned to Task Force 17. ww2dbase [Astoria (New Orleans-class) | CPC]
• German submarine U-67 sank Panamanian tanker Penelope 200 miles west of Dominica at 0200 hours; 2 were killed, 47 survived. In the same general area, U-67 sank Canadian ship Sarniadoc, killing the entire crew of 21. ww2dbase [Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico Campaigns | CPC]
• 6 British motor torpedo boats and 3 motor gunboats unsuccessfully attacked German armed merchant cruiser Michel off Dover, England, United Kingdom at 0300 hours. At dawn, British destroyers HMS Blencathra, HMS Calpe, HMS Fernie, HMS Walpole, and HMS Windsor led motor torpedo boats for another attack; Michel was able to escape once again with slight damage and 1 killed, while HMS Fernie and HMS Walpole were also damaged. ww2dbase [Michel | CPC]
• Italian submarine Mocenigo sank French vessel Ste. Marcelle 17 miles east of Gibraltar. Further east, at 1323 hours, British submarine HMS Ultimatum sank Italian submarine Millo off Calabria, Italy with four torpedoes; 55 were killed, 15 survived (14 of whom were captured by HMS Ultimatum). At 1700 hours, German submarine U-133 struck a mine and sank two hours after departing her base at Salamis Island, Greece; all 45 aboard were killed. ww2dbase [CPC]
• 9 Japanese bombers attacked Port Moresby, Australian Papua while 5 bombers attacked the airfield on Horn Island, Queensland, Australia. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Adolf Hitler ordered the German naval and air forces to focus on hitting the Allied Arctic convoys. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | CPC]

• Morosini made rendezvous with fellow Italian submarine Giuseppe Finzi in the Atlantic Ocean at 1310 hours. At 1445 hours, Giuseppe Finzi extended her tow cable and her 120-meter fuel hose to Morosini to transfer some fuel. At 1555 hours, the tow cable broke out in heavy seas, but the fuel transfer continued. At 2100 hours, after 20.9 tons of fuel was transferred onto Morosini, the two submarines were disconnected from each other. ww2dbase [Giuseppe Finzi | Morosini | CPC]

• The US Navy transferred the 40th Reconnaissance Squadron to US Army's 19th Bomb Group at Townsville, Queensland, Australia. ww2dbase [Townsville, Queensland | CPC]

• Tenryu departed Rabaul, New Britain. ww2dbase [Tenryu | Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]

• Naka was named the flagship for the Christmas Island invasion force. ww2dbase [Naka | Makassar, Celebes | CPC]

• US Air Force 51st Pursuit Squadron, originally destined for Java in the Dutch East Indies, arrived at Karachi, India (now Pakistan). ww2dbase [Karachi, Sindh | CPC]

• Douglas MacArthur arrived at Del Monte Airfield in Bukidnon province, Mindanao, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Douglas MacArthur | Bukidnon | CPC]

• Submarine Whale was launched at Mare Island Navy Yard in Vallejo, California, United States, sponsored by the wife of Captain A. D. Denny, the commanding officer of the shipyard. ww2dbase [Whale | Mare Island Navy Yard | Vallejo, California | CPC]

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