Thursday, June 25, 2020

No Surface Action

MON 25 JUN 1945
Pacific
PB4Y-2s (VPB 118), flying from Okinawa, continue aerial mining of waters of Korean archipelago, sowing mines in waters north of Chin-To. Upon completion of the mining operation, the Privateers strafe targets of opportunity that include lighthouses and Japanese shipping.

Twenty-six USAAF B-29s mine Shimonoseki Straits and the waters off Tsuruga and Ohama, Japan. Mines sink Japanese merchant cargo ships Anri Go off Mutsure, and Kozan Maru off Wakamatsu; and damage escort destroyer Kuga in Fukagawa Bay.

Underwater demolition teams, covered by aircraft, begin operations on the beaches at Balikpapan, Borneo, in advance of landings slated to begin there.

Japanese merchant cargo ship Katori Maru is sunk by aircraft, 36°02'N, 129°25'E.

Japanese merchant cargo ship No.5 Ise Maru is sunk by aircraft, outside Sakito harbor.

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