SAT 10 MAR 1945
Pacific
TG 78.1 (Rear Admiral Forrest B. Royal) lands Army troops (41st Infantry [Reinforced] less 186th RCT) near Zamboanga, Mindanao; landing is supported by naval gunfire and USAAF planes. Japanese shore batteries, however, sink tank landing ships LST-591 and LST-626, and infantry landing craft LCI-710 and LCI-779. Attacking troops encounter only light mortar and artillery fire.
Submarine Kete (SS-369) attacks Japanese Kagoshima-to-Naha convoy north of Okinawa, sinking transport Keizan Maru and army cargo ships Sanka Maru and Dokan Maru about 100 miles northwest of Amami O Shima, 29°48'N, 128°02'E; Coast Defense Vessel No.44 and auxiliary minesweeper No.2 Shinto Maru carry out ineffective countermeasures.
USAAF B-25s (5th Air Force) sink Japanese army tanker Seishin Maru off Tourane, French Indochina, 16°01'N, 108°10'E.
Indian Ocean
Submarine Rock (SS-274) rescues the last 15 survivors from U.S. freighter Peter Silvester, sunk on 6 February by German submarine U-862 (see 13 February).
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