1 Feb 1943

Dutch East Indies
  • Submarine USS Thresher arrived in her patrol area of the Sunda Strait, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Thresher | Sunda Strait | DS]
14 Feb 1943

Dutch East Indies
  • Submarine USS Thresher observed Japanese submarine I-162 running on the surface in the Sunda Strait. Thresher fired three torpedoes with one hit that failed to explode. The damaged I-162 sailed on to be repaired later. ww2dbase [Thresher | Sunda Strait | DS]
15 Feb 1943

Dutch East Indies
  • After two weeks on station seeing almost no shipping, submarine USS Thresher departed the Sunda Strait bound for Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. ww2dbase [Thresher | Sunda Strait | DS]



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