30 October 1943
South China Sea
USS Cisco torpedoed and sank a destroyer-minesweeper off the Jesselton coast. I'd have preferred it if it got some of the tankers that had been passing through, but this is a pretty high-value ship too.
DEI
A minesweeper detected a new minefield at Babar and got to work. We never spotted the sub responsible. That is, unless the submarine that surfaced near Dili was the same boat. That boat shelled and sank a landing craft returning to Dili from our base under construction on Flores island.
CENTPAC and Truk
We lost a B-24 to flak over Truk. I reduced the size of our Avenger raids over Truk due to the lack effectiveness and to preserve sorties with the KB so close. 84 Hellcats and 52 Avengers... little results.
An APA sank near Truk due to damage sustained from the coastal batteries.
Burma
Out of targets at sea, the Beaufighters flew back to Tavoy to attack that seaplane tender and hit it with another bomb and a few cannon bursts. She's still not dead.
Reinforcements
CL Ceylon arrives at Aden
TK Mission Carmel arrives at Alameda
70/100th Coast AA Regiment arrives at San Francisco
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