Laid down (35)

1919: Destroyer John D. Edwards (DD 216)

1924: Submarine Phoque

1929: Sloop Folkestone (L 22 / U 22)

1931: Submarine P-1

1934: Aircraft carrier Yorktown (i) (CV 5)

1940: Submarine Graph (P 715)

1941: MS Trawler Earraid (T 297) - Minesweeper Energy (AMc-78) - Motor torpedo boat PT 45 - Minesweeper Skipper (AMc-104) - Minesweeper YMS-104 (YMS-104) - Minesweeper YMS-106 (YMS-106) - Minesweeper YMS-109 (YMS-109)

1942: Minesweeper St. Boniface (J 332) - Minesweeper BYMS 2032 (J 832) - Minesweeper BYMS 2212 (J 1012) - Submarine Pargo (264) - Motor torpedo boat PT 128 - Minesweeper YMS-212 (YMS-212)

1943: Submarine Doris (P 84) - Escort Carrier Puncher (D 79) - Submarine Utsira (P 85) - Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L)-444 (LCI(L)-444) - Frigate Ogden (PF-39) - Submarine chaser SC-1483 (SC-1483) - Escort carrier Willapa (CVE 53) - Minesweeper YMS-381 (YMS-381)

1944: Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L)-1070 (LCI(L)-1070) - Landing craft tank LCT 1301 (LCT 1301) - Medium landing ship LSM 35 (LSM 35) - Medium landing ship LSM 36 (LSM 36) - Medium landing ship LSM 37 (LSM 37) - Medium landing ship LSM 38 (LSM 38) - Tank landing ship LST 779 (LST 779) - Tank landing ship LST 786 (LST 786)

Launched (45)

1917: Destroyer Vampire (D 68) - MS Trawler Damito (FY 521) - MS Trawler Grosmont Castle (FY 671)

1924: Light cruiser Primauguet - MS Trawler Overdale Wyke (FY 338)

1925: ASW Whaler Southern Spray (FY 323)

1931: Submarine L-2

1932: Heavy cruiser Algérie - Heavy cruiser Portland (CA 33)

1935: Submarine Shark (i) (174)

1936: ASW Trawler Kirkella (FY 174) - Heavy cruiser Vincennes (i) (CA 44)

1940: ASW Trawler Hornpipe (T 120) - Submarine Trout (202)

1941: Minesweeper Drummondville (J 253)

1942: Motor minesweeper MMS 132 (J 632) - Rescue Tug Bold (W 114) - Minesweeper Broadbill (AM 58) - Submarine chaser SC-646 (SC-646) - Submarine chaser SC-664 (SC-664)

1943: Dock landing ship Eastway (F 140) - Landing Craft Tank LCT 431 (LCT 431) - Landing Craft Tank LCT 632 (LCT 632) - Landing Craft Tank LCT 720 (LCT 720) - Motor minesweeper MMS 1033 (FY 1033) - Minesweeper Impeccable (AM 320) - Motor torpedo boat PT 346

1944: Submarine Boarfish (327) - Minesweeper Device (AM 220) - Minesweeper Diploma (AM 221) - Destroyer Hank (DD 702) - Minesweeper Hazard (AM 240) - Destroyer John W. Weeks (DD 701) - Medium landing ship LSM 23 (LSM 23) - Medium landing ship LSM 24 (LSM 24) - Medium landing ship LSM 25 (LSM 25) - Medium landing ship LSM 26 (LSM 26) - Patrol craft PC-1256 (PC-1256) - Destroyer Escort Vammen (DE 644)

1945: Tank landing ship LST 1147 (LST 1147) - Motor torpedo boat PT 603 - Motor torpedo boat PT 706 - Motor torpedo boat PT 793 - Destroyer William C. Lawe (DD 763)

1948: Submarine Volador (490)

Commissioned (23)

1940: MS Trawler Chestnut (T 110) - Corvette Hibiscus (K 24)

1941: Motor Gun Boat MGB 67 (MGB 67) - Motor Launch ML 227 (ML 227) - Motor Torpedo Boat MTB 45 (MTB 45)

1942: Minesweeper Ardrossan (J 131) - Harbour Defence Motor Launch HDML 1126 (ML 1126) - Submarine Unshaken (P 54)

1943: Minesweeper BYMS 2052 (J 852) - Rescue Tug Hesperia (W 106) - Minesweeper Ready (J 223) - Destroyer Black (DD 666) - Destroyer Escort Hopping (DE 155) - Patrol craft PC-1228 (PC-1228)

1944: Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L)-1066 (LCI(L)-1066) - Medium landing ship LSM 203 (LSM 203) - Tank landing ship LST 912 (LST 912)

1945: Minesweeper Michael (J 444) - Motor Torpedo Boat MTB 727 (MTB 727) - Motor Torpedo Boat MTB 797 (MTB 797) - Frigate Transvaal (K 602) - Destroyer Dyess (DD 880) - Motor torpedo boat PT 598

1940: Destroyer L'Adroit - ASW Trawler Cape Passaro (FY 270)

1941: Destroyer Juno (F 46)

1944: Tank landing ship LST 179 (LST 179) - Tank landing ship LST 353 (LST 353) - Tank landing ship LST 39 (LST 39) - Tank landing ship LST 43 (LST 43) - Tank landing ship LST 480 (LST 480) - Tank landing ship LST 69 (LST 69)

More information on Allied Warships losses.

1940

Submarine HMS Truant: HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. H.A.V. Haggard, RN) departed from Troms?. She is to patrol off Northern Norway.

1941

Submarine HMS Union: HMS Union (Lt. R.M. Galloway, RN) departed Malta for her 2nd war patrol (1st in the Mediterranean). She was ordered to patrol North of Lampedusa Island. For the daily positions of HMS Union during this patrol see the map below. HMS Union 2nd war patrol click here for bigger map

Submarine HMS Urge: HMS Urge (Lt.Cdr. E.P. Tomkinson, DSO, RN) fires four torpedoed at the Italian destroyer Alpino off the east coast of Tunisia in position 35?42'N, 12?24'E. The torpedoes however miss their target.

Minelayer HMS Abdiel: HMS Abdiel (Capt. Hon. E. Pleydell-Bouverie, MVO, RN) laid a field of 150 mines off Akra Dhoukaton (Cape Dukato, southern tip of Levkas island, Ionian sea). On the field were later the same day lost the Italian destroyer Carlo Mirabello (1840 tons) the Italian gunboat Pellegrino Matteucci (620 tons) and the German transports Kybfels (7764 GRT) and Marburg (7564 GRT).

Battlecruiser HMS Hood: The British battlecruiser Hood (Capt. R. Kerr, CBE, RN, flying the flag of Vice-Admiral L.E. Holland, CB, RN) and the battleship Prince of Wales (Capt. J.C. Leach, MVO, RN) were ordered to proceed to Hvalfjord, Iceland as the German battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen were spotted by air reconnaissance at Bergen, Norway. As there were indications that these two were going to 'set sail' for a raid on the ocean trade routes. The two British capital ships were escorted by the destroyers HMS Electra (Cdr. C.W. May, RN), HMS Anthony (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Hodges, RN), HMS Echo (Lt.Cdr. C.H.deB. Newby, RN), HMS Icarus (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Maud, DSO, RN), HMS Achates (Lt.Cdr. Viscount Jocelyn, RN) and HMS Antelope (Lt.Cdr. R.B.N. Hicks, DSO, RN).

Battleship HMS Prince of Wales: The British battlecruiser Hood (Capt. R. Kerr, CBE, RN, flying the flag of Vice-Admiral L.E. Holland, CB, RN) and the battleship Prince of Wales (Capt. J.C. Leach, MVO, RN) were ordered to proceed to Hvalfjord, Iceland as the German battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen were spotted by air reconnaissance at Bergen, Norway. As there were indications that these two were going to 'set sail' for a raid on the ocean trade routes. The two British capital ships were escorted by the destroyers HMS Electra (Cdr. C.W. May, RN), HMS Anthony (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Hodges, RN), HMS Echo (Lt.Cdr. C.H.deB. Newby, RN), HMS Icarus (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Maud, DSO, RN), HMS Achates (Lt.Cdr. Viscount Jocelyn, RN) and HMS Antelope (Lt.Cdr. R.B.N. Hicks, DSO, RN).

Destroyer HMS Antelope: The British battlecruiser Hood (Capt. R. Kerr, CBE, RN, flying the flag of Vice-Admiral L.E. Holland, CB, RN) and the battleship Prince of Wales (Capt. J.C. Leach, MVO, RN) were ordered to proceed to Hvalfjord, Iceland as the German battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen were spotted by air reconnaissance at Bergen, Norway. As there were indications that these two were going to 'set sail' for a raid on the ocean trade routes. The two British capital ships were escorted by the destroyers HMS Electra (Cdr. C.W. May, RN), HMS Anthony (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Hodges, RN), HMS Echo (Lt.Cdr. C.H.deB. Newby, RN), HMS Icarus (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Maud, DSO, RN), HMS Achates (Lt.Cdr. Viscount Jocelyn, RN) and HMS Antelope (Lt.Cdr. R.B.N. Hicks, DSO, RN).

Destroyer HMAS Stuart: HMAS Stuart (Capt. H.M.L. Waller, DSO, RAN) sailed from Alexandria with the other Australian destroyers HMAS Voyager (Cdr. J.C. Morrow, DSO, RAN) and Vendetta (Lt.Cdr. R. Rhoades, RAN) to join the cruiser force of Adm Rawlings off Crete, but was diverted to search for survivors of cruisers Fiji (Capt. P.B.R.W. William-Powlett, RN) and Gloucester (Capt. H.A. Rowley, DSO, RN) sunk by the Luftwaffe. Stuart was unable to locate any of them and returned to Alexandria.

Destroyer HMS Achates (i): The British battlecruiser Hood (Capt. R. Kerr, CBE, RN, flying the flag of Vice-Admiral L.E. Holland, CB, RN) and the battleship Prince of Wales (Capt. J.C. Leach, MVO, RN) were ordered to proceed to Hvalfjord, Iceland as the German battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen were spotted by air reconnaissance at Bergen, Norway. As there were indications that these two were going to 'set sail' for a raid on the ocean trade routes. The two British capital ships were escorted by the destroyers HMS Electra (Cdr. C.W. May, RN), HMS Anthony (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Hodges, RN), HMS Echo (Lt.Cdr. C.H.deB. Newby, RN), HMS Icarus (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Maud, DSO, RN), HMS Achates (Lt.Cdr. Viscount Jocelyn, RN) and HMS Antelope (Lt.Cdr. R.B.N. Hicks, DSO, RN).

Destroyer HMS Anthony: The British battlecruiser Hood (Capt. R. Kerr, CBE, RN, flying the flag of Vice-Admiral L.E. Holland, CB, RN) and the battleship Prince of Wales (Capt. J.C. Leach, MVO, RN) were ordered to proceed to Hvalfjord, Iceland as the German battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen were spotted by air reconnaissance at Bergen, Norway. As there were indications that these two were going to 'set sail' for a raid on the ocean trade routes. The two British capital ships were escorted by the destroyers HMS Electra (Cdr. C.W. May, RN), HMS Anthony (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Hodges, RN), HMS Echo (Lt.Cdr. C.H.deB. Newby, RN), HMS Icarus (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Maud, DSO, RN), HMS Achates (Lt.Cdr. Viscount Jocelyn, RN) and HMS Antelope (Lt.Cdr. R.B.N. Hicks, DSO, RN).

Destroyer HMS Echo: The British battlecruiser Hood (Capt. R. Kerr, CBE, RN, flying the flag of Vice-Admiral L.E. Holland, CB, RN) and the battleship Prince of Wales (Capt. J.C. Leach, MVO, RN) were ordered to proceed to Hvalfjord, Iceland as the German battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen were spotted by air reconnaissance at Bergen, Norway. As there were indications that these two were going to 'set sail' for a raid on the ocean trade routes. The two British capital ships were escorted by the destroyers HMS Electra (Cdr. C.W. May, RN), HMS Anthony (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Hodges, RN), HMS Echo (Lt.Cdr. C.H.deB. Newby, RN), HMS Icarus (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Maud, DSO, RN), HMS Achates (Lt.Cdr. Viscount Jocelyn, RN) and HMS Antelope (Lt.Cdr. R.B.N. Hicks, DSO, RN).

Destroyer HMS Electra: The British battlecruiser Hood (Capt. R. Kerr, CBE, RN, flying the flag of Vice-Admiral L.E. Holland, CB, RN) and the battleship Prince of Wales (Capt. J.C. Leach, MVO, RN) were ordered to proceed to Hvalfjord, Iceland as the German battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen were spotted by air reconnaissance at Bergen, Norway. As there were indications that these two were going to 'set sail' for a raid on the ocean trade routes. The two British capital ships were escorted by the destroyers HMS Electra (Cdr. C.W. May, RN), HMS Anthony (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Hodges, RN), HMS Echo (Lt.Cdr. C.H.deB. Newby, RN), HMS Icarus (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Maud, DSO, RN), HMS Achates (Lt.Cdr. Viscount Jocelyn, RN) and HMS Antelope (Lt.Cdr. R.B.N. Hicks, DSO, RN).

Destroyer HMS Icarus: The British battlecruiser Hood (Capt. R. Kerr, CBE, RN, flying the flag of Vice-Admiral L.E. Holland, CB, RN) and the battleship Prince of Wales (Capt. J.C. Leach, MVO, RN) were ordered to proceed to Hvalfjord, Iceland as the German battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen were spotted by air reconnaissance at Bergen, Norway. As there were indications that these two were going to 'set sail' for a raid on the ocean trade routes. The two British capital ships were escorted by the destroyers HMS Electra (Cdr. C.W. May, RN), HMS Anthony (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Hodges, RN), HMS Echo (Lt.Cdr. C.H.deB. Newby, RN), HMS Icarus (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Maud, DSO, RN), HMS Achates (Lt.Cdr. Viscount Jocelyn, RN) and HMS Antelope (Lt.Cdr. R.B.N. Hicks, DSO, RN).

1942

Sloop HMS Totland: HMS Totland (Lt.Cdr. S.G.C. Rawson, RN) picks up 12 survivors from the British merchant New Brunswick that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-159 about 140 nautical miles east-south-east of Santa Maria, Azores in position 36?53'N, 22?55'W.

Submarine USS Tambor: USS Tambor (Lt.Cdr. J.W. Murphy, Jr) left Pearl Harbor to patrol north-west off Midway during the defence of this island.

Submarine USS Trout: USS Trout (Lt.Cdr. F.W. Fenno) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 4th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off Midway.

Submarine USS Sailfish: USS Sailfish (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Voge) ended her 4th war patrol at Fremantle.

Sloop HMS Weston: HMS Weston (Cdr. J.G. Sutton, RN (retired)) picks up 7 survivors from the British merchant New Brunswick that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-159 about 140 nautical miles east-south-east of Santa Maria, Azores in position 36?53'N, 22?55'W.

Sloop HMS Wellington: HMS Wellington (Lt.Cdr. W.F.R. Segrave, RN) picks up 61 survivors from the British tanker Montenol that is torpedoed and damaged by German U-boat U-159 about 140 nautical miles east-south-east of Santa Maria, Azores in position 36?41'N, 22?45'W. HMS Wellington also picks up 10 survivors from the British merchant New Brunswick that was also torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-159 about 140 nautical miles east-south-east of Santa Maria, Azores in position 36?53'N, 22?55'W.

Destroyer ORP Garland: ORP Garland joins an escort of convoy PQ-16 from Iceland to Murmansk (Russia). From May 25th to May 28, ORP Garland participated in defence of the convoy against numerous attacks of the Luftwaffe. On May 28, she was released from escort duty and sent to Murmansk due to numerous damaged and loss of 22 dead and 46 wounded seamen and officers.

Corvette HMS Woodruff: HMS Woodruff (A/Lt.Cdr. F.H. Gray, RNR) scuttles the British tanker Montenol with gunfire. The Montenol was torpedoed and damaged by German U-boat U-159 about 140 nautical miles east-south-east of Santa Maria, Azores in position 36?41'N, 22?45'W. HMS Woodruff also picks up 5 survivors from the British merchant New Brunswick that was also torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-159 about 140 nautical miles east-south-east of Santa Maria, Azores in position 36?53'N, 22?55'W.

ASW Trawler HMS Retriever: HMS Retriever is part of the escort for convoy PQ-16 from 21 May 1942 until 23 May 1942.

1943

Destroyer USS Nields: The Italian submarine Gorgo was most likely sunk off Oran by the US destroyer USS Nields. USS Nields was on a anti-submarine patrol out off Oran when a British aircraft reported a submarine contact. At 1716hours Nields established a sound contact. At 1718hours she dropped a pattern of 9 depth charges. At 1723 the sound contact was regained and another 9 depth charges were dropped. At 1731 and 1741hours more depth charges were dropped. Within seconds of the last attack, oil patches were observed. This, most likely, meant the end of the Italian submarine Gorgo.

Submarine USS Wahoo: USS Wahoo (Cdr. D.W. Morton) ended her 5th war patrol at Pearl Harbor. She was now ordered to proceed to the Mare Island Navy Yard for a major overhaul.

Submarine HMS Sickle: HMS Sickle (Lt. J.R. Drummond, DSC, RN) attackes German U-boat U-755 in position 42?50'N, 06?00'E but her torpedoed misses the target.

Submarine HMS Sickle: HMS Sickle (Lt. J.R. Drummond, DSC, RN) torpedoed and sank German U-boat U-303 south of Toulon, France in position 42?50N, 06?00E.

Submarine HMS Trident: HMS Trident (Lt. P.E. Newstead, RN) departed from Algiers bound for Malta.

Submarine HMS Thrasher: HMS Thrasher (Lt.Cdr. A.R. Hezlet, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Plymouth with The British escort destroyers HMS Melbreak (Lt. G.E.C.G. Baines, RN) and ORP Krakowiak (Komandor Podporucznik (Lt.Cdr.) W. Maracewicz, ORP) in the morning and with HMS Wensleydale (Lt. W.P. Goodfellow, RNVR) and HMS Tanatside (Lt.Cdr. F.D. Brown, RN) in the afternoon. Upon completion of the A/S exercise in the afternoon Thrasher made a pracice attack on HMS Wensleydale.

Submarine HMS Truculent: HMS Truculent (Lt.Cdr. R.L. Alexander, RN) ended her 3rd war patrol at Lerwick.

Submarine HMS Unbroken: HMS Unbroken (Lt. B.J.B. Andrew, DSC, RN) torpedoed and sank the Italian merchant Bologna (5439 GRT, former French Monaco) 8 nautical miles bearing 210 of Capo Vaticano in position 38?30'N, 16?00'E.

Submarine USSR M-111: M-111 fires a torpedo against the German barge F170 west of Anapa, Russia in position 45?03'N, 36?51'E. The torpedo missed its target.

1944

Submarine USS Tautog: USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) ended her very successful 11th war patrol when she returned to base.

Submarine USS Salmon: USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. H.K. Nauman) ended her 10th war patrol at Pearl Harbor.

Submarine USS Barb: USS Barb (Lt.Cdr. Eugene Bennett Fluckey) departed from Midway for her 8th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the Sea of Okhotsk.

Submarine USS Herring: USS Herring (Lt.Cdr. D. Zabriskie, Jr.) topped up with fuel at Midway.

Submarine USS Angler: Almost the entire crew of USS Angler (Lt.Cdr. R.I. Olsen) fell ill, possibly due to contaminated drinking water. She was ordered to return to Fremantle at once.

Submarine USS Flier: After the fiasco of what had to be her 1st war patrol, USS Flier (Lt.Cdr. J.D. Crowley) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 'real' 1st war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the South China Sea, west of Luzon, Philippines.

Submarine USS Billfish: USS Billfish (Lt.Cdr. V.C. Turner) attacked a convoy west-southwest of the Marianas, 13?42'N, 140?41'E, torpedoed and damaged the Japanese naval cargo ship Bokuyo Maru (2726 GRT). The claimed sinking of a second vessel, estimated at 8500 tgr is unconfirmed, but note that Bokuyo maru was estimated at 8600 GRT!

Submarine HMS Una: HMS Una (Lt. C.A.J. Nicholl, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Caprice (Lt.Cdr. G.W. McKendrick, RN).

Submarine HMS Sturdy (ii): HMS Sturdy (Lt. W.St.G. Anderson, DSC, RNR) arrived at Aden.

Submarine HMS Trusty: HMS Trusty (Lt. E.T. Stanley, DSO, DSC, RN) is docked at Dundee.

Submarine HMS Taurus: HMS Taurus (Lt.Cdr. M.R.G. Wingfield, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) departed from Aden bound for Port Said.

Submarine HMS Tradewind: HMS Tradewind (Lt.Cdr. S.L.C. Maydon, DSO and Bar, RN) arrived at Trincomalee.

Submarine HMS Upstart: HMS Upstart (Lt. P.C. Chapman, DSC and Bar, RN) torpedoed and sank the German merchant Tolentino (4898 GRT, former French Saumur) half a mile east of Port Vendres, southern France.

Destroyer HMS Tenacious: German U-boat U-453 was sunk in the Ionian Sea north-east of Cape Spartivento, in position 38?13'N, 16?30'E, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Termagent (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Scatchard, DSC, RN) and HMS Tenacious (Lt.Cdr. D.F. Townsend, RN) and the British escort destroyer HMS Liddesdale (Lt. C.J. Bateman, RN).

Destroyer HMS Termagent: German U-boat U-453 was sunk in the Ionian Sea north-east of Cape Spartivento, in position 38?13'N, 16?30'E, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Termagent (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Scatchard, DSC, RN) and HMS Tenacious (Lt.Cdr. D.F. Townsend, RN) and the British escort destroyer HMS Liddesdale (Lt. C.J. Bateman, RN).

Escort destroyer HMS Liddesdale: German U-boat U-453 was sunk in the Ionian Sea north-east of Cape Spartivento, in position 38?13'N, 16?30'E, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Termagent (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Scatchard, DSC, RN) and HMS Tenacious (Lt.Cdr. D.F. Townsend, RN) and the British escort destroyer HMS Liddesdale (Lt. C.J. Bateman, RN).

Tank landing ship USS LST 39: LST-39 was sunk at West Loch, Pearl Harbor on 21 May 1943 when mortar ammunition that was being loaded aboard LST 353 exploded (navsource.org).

1945

Submarine HNMS Tijgerhaai: With her initial training completed HrMs Tijgerhaai (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena) departed from Holy Loch bound for Dundee.

Submarine USS Hackleback: USS Hackleback (Lt.Cdr. F.E. Janney) departed from Midway for her 2nd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the Ryukyu Islands.

Submarine USS Moray: USS Moray (Cdr. F.L. Barrows) arrived at Pearl Harbor.

Submarine USS Charr: USS Charr (Cdr. F.D. Boyle) ended her 2nd war patrol at Subic Bay.

Submarine USS Chub: USS Chub (Cdr. C.D. Rhymes, Jr.) torpedoed and sank the Japanese minesweeper W-34 (648 tons, offsite link) in the Java Sea off Kepualuan in position 06?15'S, 116?01'E.

Submarine USS Bullhead: USS Bullhead (Cdr. W.T. Griffith) departed from Subic Bay for her 2nd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the Gulf of Siam and later the Java Sea.

Submarine USS Carp: USS Carp (Lt.Cdr. J.L. Hunnicutt) arrived at Pearl Harbor.

Submarine USS Lamprey: USS Lamprey (Lt.Cdr. L.B. McDonald) departed from Fremantle for her 2nd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the Gulf of Siam.

Submarine USS Pilotfish: USS Pilotfish (Lt.Cdr. A.G. Schnable) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 5th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off Marcus Island.

Submarine HMS Taurus: HMS Taurus (A/Lt.Cdr. P.E. Newstead, DSC, RN) departed from Malta for Port Said.

Submarine HMS Terrapin: While proceeding towards Lombok Strait HMS Terrapin (Lt. R.H.H. Brunner, DSC, RN) encounters the American submarine USS Cavalla in position 06?03'S, 113?49'E. The Cavalla is also returning to Fremantle. Cavalla signals the status of Terrapin and it is decided that she will escort Terrapin all the way to Fremantle.

Submarine HMS Truncheon: HMS Truncheon (A/Lt.Cdr. R.J. Clutterbuck, DSO, RN) arrived at Holy Loch for a period of trials and training.

Submarine USS Runner (ii): USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass) arrived at Pearl Harbor.