American tanker USS Neches sunk according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 24 January 1942

An item reported that enemy submarine activities in the Eastern Pacific restarted again regarding the sinking of the American tanker USS Neches 100 miles west south west of Honolulu.(1) Near Point Reyer, off San Francisco was an enemy submarine sighted and the J.I.C. commented that apparently not all submarines were withdrawn from the American west coast but possib;e 1-2 stayed behind.

Note

1. AO-5. Kanawaha-class replenishment oiler laid down on 8 June 1919, launched on 2 June 1920, commissioned on 25 October 1920 and torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese submarine I-72 on 23 January 1942.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 45 dated 24 January 1942.