12 Dec 1942

Pacific Ocean
  • While on station in the Ysabel Channel just north of the Bismarck Sea, submarine USS Spearfish identified two Japanese Mogami-class heavy cruisers and three destroyers on a westerly course but the warships were able to outrun the slower submarine. These were the cruisers Suzuya and Kumano making a troop transport run from Kavieng to Manus. ww2dbase [Suzuya | Kumano | Spearfish | Ysabel Channel | DS]

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