07/04 Sat. United States Army bombers raid Western Europe for first
time.
Japanese naval vessel sunk:
Destroyer NENOHI, by submarine TRITON (SS-201),
off Agattu, Aleutian Islands.
07/05 Sun. Japanese naval vessel sunk:
Destroyer ARARE, by submarine GROWLER (SS-215), off Kiska,
Aleutian Islands.
07/07 Tue. United States Naval Air Facility, Reykjavik, Iceland, is
established.
German submarine sunk:
U-701, by Army aircraft, off North Carolina,
34 d. 50' N., 74 d. 55' W.
07/13 Mon. United States Naval Air Facility, Grand Cayman, British West
Indies, is established.
German submarine sunk:
U-153, damaged by submarine chaser PC-458 and Army
aircraft, off coast of Panama, and sunk by destroyer
LANDSDOWNE (DD-486),
09 d. 56' N., 81 d. 29' W.
07/15 Wed. Submarine Base, Midway Island, is established.
Naval Air Transport Service Squadron (VR-3) is established at
Kansas City, Kans., for operations in the United States.
Japanese naval vessels sunk:
Submarine chasers Nos. 25 and 27, by submarine GRUNION (SS-
216), off Kiska, Aleutian Islands.
German submarine sunk:
U-576, by naval land-based aircraft (VS-9) and United
States merchant vessel UNICOI, off North Carolina,
34 d. 51' N., 75 d. 22' W.
07/16 Thu. Advanced Group, Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet (Rear Adm.
A. C. Bennett) is established to conduct amphibious training
in Great Britain.
07/18 Sat. Amphibious Force, South Pacific Area is established (Rear
Adm. R. K. Turner).
07/20 Mon. Naval Operating Base and Naval Air Facility, Dutch Harbor,
Alaska, are established.
Adm. W. D. Leahy reports as Chief of Staff to the President.
07/21 Tue. Japanese land and occupy Buna, New Guinea.
07/24 Fri. German submarine lays mines off the Mississippi River Passes.
07/27 Mon. Army-Navy Petroleum Board is established.
07/30 Thu. Women's Naval Reserve (WAVES) is established.
07/31 Fri. German submarine lays mines off Charleston, S. C.