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Aug 01 1942 – WW2: Ensign Henry C. White, while flying a J4F Widgeon plane, sinks U–166 as it approaches the Mississippi River, the first U–boat sunk by the U.S. Coast Guard. Aug 01 1943 – WW2: PT-109 . is sunk » A Japanese destroyer rams an American PT (patrol torpedo) boat, No. 109, slicing it … ................
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