December 12, 1937
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SUNDAY, 12 December 1937

China: Imperial Japanese Navy planes strike USS Panay (PR-5) and three three U.S. tankers owned by Standard Oil: Mei Ping (Meiping), Meian, and Mei Hsia (Meihsia) in the in the Yangtze River near Hanshan Island. Also sunk was Mei Ping (Meiping) and Mei Hsia (Meihsia). Damaged, Meian was beached. Later that same day, the same aircraft attacked British ship SS Wantung.