31 Aug 1944
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- South of Formosa (Taiwan), submarine USS Growler and her wolfpack attacked a convoy of twenty ships bound for Manila. Growler and Sealion badly damage the 9,181-ton tanker Rikko Maru and Growler probably also sunk a small escort vessel. ww2dbase [Mariana Islands Campaign and the Great Turkey Shoot | Growler | Luzon Strait | DS]
1 Dec 1944
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- USS Segundo arrived on station in the Luzon Strait ww2dbase [Segundo | Luzon Strait, Philippine Sea | CPC]
16 Dec 1944
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- USS Wasp transited the Luzon Strait north of the Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Wasp (Essex-class) | Luzon Strait, Philippines Sea | CPC]
2 Feb 1945
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- The Japanese Army SB craft formerly known as Navy landing ship No. 115 was sunk by US aircraft in the Luzon Strait north of Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | Luzon Strait, Philippine Sea | CPC]
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