Action of 16 November 1943
The Action of 16 November 1943 was a small naval engagement that took place off Truk Lagoon between the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-176 and the United States Navy submarine USS Corvina.
Background
The US submarines USS Corvina, USS Drum and USS Blackfish intercepted a message about the arrival of I-176 heading to Truk Atoll and were dispatched to intercept her.
The Battle
The USS Corvina located I-176 and unsuccessfully launched three torpedoes which failed to explode due to a defective malfunction. A message intercepted from I-176 reported that the vessel had received direct torpedo hits en route to Truk Atoll but suffered no damage. At 2312 hours on November 16, lookouts on partially submerged I-176 identified an unknown dark object illuminated by the full moonlight on the surface as its attacker. I-176 quickly crash dived and launched a spread of three torpedoes in quick succession, of which two struck the USS Corvina on the starboard quarter, blowing up the submarine in half with all hands on board at a distance of 2,700 yards.
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