3 January 1945 A.D. USS KINGFISH
(SS-234) Attacks Japanese Convoy, Bonin Islands—Deep-Sixes Japanese Army Cargo
Ship & Two Freighters
1909 - USS Scorpion arrives to
help the survivors of the Messina, Sicily earthquake. With the Great White
Fleet making its way through the Suez Canal, President T. Roosevelt orders the
U.S. Navy to assist.
1943 - USS Humboldt (AVP 21) rescues 10 survivors from the Philippines motor-ship Dona Aurora, which was sunk by Italian submarine Enrico Tazzol on Dec. 25, 1942.
1944 - Marine Maj. Gregory Boyington is shot down by Japanese and taken prison of war.
1945 - Task Force 38, under Vice Adm. John S. McCain, begins operations against Japanese airfields and shipping in the Formosa area, with aircraft sinking six enemy ships.
1945 - USS Kingfish (SS 234) attacks a Japanese convoy in the Bonin Islands sinking a Japanese army cargo ship and two freighters 200 miles north of Chichi Jima.
1943 - USS Humboldt (AVP 21) rescues 10 survivors from the Philippines motor-ship Dona Aurora, which was sunk by Italian submarine Enrico Tazzol on Dec. 25, 1942.
1944 - Marine Maj. Gregory Boyington is shot down by Japanese and taken prison of war.
1945 - Task Force 38, under Vice Adm. John S. McCain, begins operations against Japanese airfields and shipping in the Formosa area, with aircraft sinking six enemy ships.
1945 - USS Kingfish (SS 234) attacks a Japanese convoy in the Bonin Islands sinking a Japanese army cargo ship and two freighters 200 miles north of Chichi Jima.
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