Enemy submarine successful active in New Caledonia according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee Daily summary dated 8 May 1942

An item reported that on 5 May an American merchant ship was abandoned by her crew on a distance of 120 miles south west of Noumea. New Caledonia. The ship was last seen on fire. Two days later was a second American merchant ship by an enemy submarine on a distance of 30 miles south of Noumea. The U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee stated that this was the first time that an enemy submarine was successful active in New Caledonia.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 149 dated 8 May 1942