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On Sat. 07 Oct 1944 USS Ray attacked the same Japanese tanker she had.....

1944-10-07

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USS Ray attacked the same Japanese tanker she had been chasing since the previous day in the Southe China Sea, hitting her with another 3 torpedo hits (of 6 torpedoes fired), but could not determine whether she had been sunk.

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