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16 Feb 1944

Photo(s) dated 16 Feb 1944
B-25 aircraft of 345th Bombardment Group, US 500th Bombardment Squadron attacking Japanese Sub Chaser CH-39 off Three Island Harbor, New Hanover, New Ireland, 16 Feb 1944, 1 of 3
20 Mar 1944

Australian New Guinea
  • Destroyer USS Saufley arrived at Emirau Island, Bismarck Islands and covered the landings there. At the end of the day, Saufley took aboard 8 injured Marines and set a course for Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Saufley | Emirau, Bismarck Islands | DS]
4 Apr 1944

Australian New Guinea
  • Destroyers USS Renshaw, USS Saufley, USS Pringle, and USS Philip arrived in the Emirau Island area in the Bismarck Islands and began patrolling within the 60-mile radius from Emirau. ww2dbase [Saufley | Emirau, Bismarck Islands | DS]
7 Apr 1944

Australian New Guinea
  • 50 miles west-northwest of New Hanover, Bismarck Islands, destroyer USS Saufley developed an underwater sound contact and dropped 18 depth charges in two attacks. Two large underwater explosions were heard and an oil slick rose to the surface that grew to be 14 miles long. Saufley was later credited with sinking Japanese submarine I-2. ww2dbase [Saufley | Bismarck Islands | DS]
9 Apr 1944

Australian New Guinea
  • Destroyer USS Saufley was detached from the Emirau patrols and assigned to escort dock landing ship USS Epping Forest to Seeadler Harbor at Manus, Admiralty Islands. ww2dbase [Saufley | Bismarck Islands | DS]
16 Apr 1944

Australian New Guinea
  • Destroyers USS Renshaw, USS Saufley, USS Pringle, and USS Philip departed the Emirau Island area in the Bismarck Islands bound for Tulagi, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Pringle | Saufley | Philip | Renshaw | Bismarck Islands | DS]

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis




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