6 November 1943
No sign of KB in CENTPAC area... they've disengaged from our Yankee Butai
CENTPAC and Truk
In the Palaus, USS Flasher torpedoed and sank a light cargo ship (1900 tons). Flasher took light damage from a depth charge attack afterwards.
Three light cargo ships approached Truk from the west and were hit by 19 SBD-5s from the combined carrier task force, all were sunk.
We lost a B-17 (to CAP) and an Avenger (to flak) over Truk.
The enemy attacked at Tinian again, casualties 1120 (J) to 556 (A).
The also attacked at Truk, casualties 1130 (J) to 12 (A). We clearly have the superior force there, it's just a matter of overcoming the defensive bonuses to dislodge the enemy.
The enemy has deployed many subs near Truk, we're spotting them with patrols but none have gotten that close to the carriers, yet.
Reinforcements
161st USA Base Force arrives at San Francisco
25th USN Naval Construction Battalion arrives at San Francisco
109th RAF Base Force arrives at Aden
22nd Indian Brigade arrives at Karachi
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