THU 1 JUN 1944 JUNE
Pacific
Submarine Narwhal (SS-167) lands men and supplies on southwest coast of Mindanao.
Submarine Herring (SS-233) continues attacks against Japanese shipping in the Kurils, sinking transport Iwaki Maru [the lone surviving ship of convoy NE attacked the previous day by Herring and Barb (SS-220)] and merchant cargo ship Hiburi Maru off Matsuwa Island, 48°00'N, 153°00'E, but is sunk by shore battery (Guards Division 52, Matsuwa Detachment).
Submarine Pintado (SS-387) sinks Japanese transport T_h_ [sic] Maru about 250 miles northwest of Saipan, 18°08'N, 141°14'E, and damages transport Kinshu Maru (see 17 June 1944).
Big harbor tug Shahaka (YTB-368) sinks after collision with Section "A" of advance base section dock ABSD-2, about midway between the coast of California and the Hawaiian Islands, 27°21'N, 136°29'W.
Mediterranean
Destroyers Champlin (DD-601) and MacKenzie (DD-614) shell German strongpoints and shore batteries in the vicinity of Anzio; Champlin and Parker (DD-604) will alternate covering minesweeping operations west of Anzio and will also do so on 2 and 4 June.
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