Japanese submarine sunk a small British coastal ferry according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 9 August 1942

An item reported that on 6 August a Japanese submarine sunk a small British coastal ferry 160 miles west of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 242 dated 9 August 1942.