Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Seamanship Day

SUN 18 FEB 1945
Atlantic
District patrol craft YP-94 sinks after running aground off Trinity Islands, 56°32'N, 154°22'W.

Pacific
Battleship Washington (BB-56) and destroyer Hailey (DD-556) are damaged in collision off Iwo Jima.

Destroyer Waldron (DD-699) is damaged when she intentionally rams Japanese guardboat at 29°27'N, 141°34'E. Dortch (DD-670) sinks Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Ayukawa Maru northwest of Iwo Jima, 27°35'N, 121°16'E, but is damaged by gunfire in the encounter.

Light minelayer Gamble (DM-15) is damaged by kamikaze, 24°55'N, 141°08'E.

High speed transport Blessman (APD-48) is damaged by horizontal bomber, 25°05'N, 141°10'E.

TF 58 planes sink Japanese gunboat No.2 Hiyoshi Maru at Futami, Chichi Jima, 27°05'N, 142°11'E.

Destroyers Barton (DD-722), Ingraham (DD-694) and Moale (DD-693) sink Japanese guardboats No.35 Nanshin Maru west of Torishima, 30°00'N, 137°30'E; No.3 Kyowa Maru south of Honshu, 31°00'N, 137°30'E; and No.5 Fukuichi Maru off Torishima, 30°00'N, 141°00'E.

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