19 Jun 1943




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- Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Rabaul, New Britain and departed later on the same day. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | CPC]
- RAF bombers attacked the Schneider armaments factory at Le Creusot, France. ww2dbase [TH]
- USS Bailey entered drydock at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California. ww2dbase [Bailey | DS]
- Destroyers USS Nicholas and USS Strong and oiler USS Monongahela arrived at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. ww2dbase [Nicholas | DS]
- Submarine USS Thresher departed Fremantle, Australia to begin her ninth war patrol. ww2dbase [Thresher | Fremantle | DS]
- The Italian Minister of Transport, Vittorio Cini, openly criticised Benito Mussolini during a Cabinet meeting. Normally Cini would have been arrested inmmediately and faced a firing squad; but Mussolini had already seen the red light and had tried to put out peace soundings to Anthony Eden, the British Foreign Secretary. ww2dbase [Benito Mussolini | Rome | AC]
- Zuikaku exited drydock at Kure, Japan. ww2dbase [Kure Naval Arsenal | Zuikaku | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]
- USS Gunnel sank Japanese cargo ship Tokiwa Maru in the East China Sea, hitting her with 1 of 6 torpedoes fired She also claimed 1 torpedo hit (of 2 fired) on a Japanese destroyer, but the sinking was not confirmed. ww2dbase [Gunnel | East China Sea | CPC]
- Submarine USS Growler torpedoed the 5,200-ton Japanese Army troop/cargo ship Miyadono Maru 270 miles north of Manus Island causing serious damage. Once all survivors were removed, the ship was scuttled by gunfire from the convoy escorts. ww2dbase [Growler | DS]
- Submarine USS Tinosa completed her first war patrol and arrived at the Midway submarine base. ww2dbase [Midway Bases | Tinosa | Midway | DS]




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