Sunday, May 10, 2020

Landing At Macajalar Bay, Mindanao

THU 10 MAY 1945
Pacific
TG 78.3 (Rear Admiral Arthur D. Struble) lands Army troops at Macajalar Bay, Mindanao.

Off Okinawa, kamikazes damage destroyer Brown (DD-546), 26°26'N, 127°20'E, and light minelayer Harry F. Bauer (DM-26), 26°25'N, 128°31'E.

Mines sink Japanese transport Tatsuwa Maru off Imabari, Kurahashi Jima, 34°04'N, 132°26'E; merchant cargo ship Otowa Maru, 34°38'N, 135°12'E; and damage merchant tugboat No.7 Naniwazu Maru off Wadanomisaki.

USN land-based planes sink Japanese merchant tanker No.1 Toyu Maru and cargo ship No.2 Yumihari Maru off west coast of Korea.

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