SUN 4 MAR 1945
Pacific
Destroyers Yarnall (DD-541) and Ringgold (DD-500) are damaged in collision while simulating night torpedo attack, 12°15'N, 138°08'E.
Submarine Baya (SS-318) attacks Japanese convoy HI-98, sinking merchant tanker Palembang Maru off Cape Varella, French Indochina, 12°50'N, 109°30'E (see 5 March).
Submarine Tilefish (SS-307) sinks Japanese fishing vessel Shiko Maru off Setsuko Saki, 28°15'N, 129°08'E.
British submarine HMS Clyde sinks Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Kiku Maru off western Sumatra.
British submarines HMS Trenchant and HMS Terrapin sink Japanese submarine chaser Ch 8 in central Malacca Strait, 04°04'N, 110°35'E.
USAAF planes (14th Air Force) lay mines in Yangtze River; Japanese ship Wan Shih Maru is sunk north of Shanghai.
RAAF Venturas attack Japanese convoy off Soembawa Island sinking small cargo vessels No.3 Kiri Maru and No.4 Matsu Maru, 08°17'S, 118°56'E.
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