Ships
- USS PT-126 (PT-126) Boat captain on 30 September 1943 · A Corsair strafed her near Ropa Point. An officer and two men were lost. Her gunner shot the plane down
Lieutenant (junior grade) Craig C. Smith, of the Naval Reserve, brought four boats of Squadron 6 into Lever Harbor on 24 July 1943.
On 30 September he had PT-126, with PT-124 and PT-116, after a night against barges near Ropa Point. Three Corsairs of VMF-214 came over the boats. One of them strafed PT-126. Ensign John F. Daley was wounded and died. Thomas M. Ross was missing. Bertis I. Paul was killed. The starboard gunner fired one short burst, the plane exploded, and the pilot was killed. PT-124 took the wounded off.