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On Tues. 30 may 1944 USS Guitarro sank the heavily-escorted cargo ship.....

1944-05-30

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USS Guitarro sank the heavily-escorted cargo ship Shisen Maru off Taiwan, hitting her with two of the three torpedoes fired.

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