MON 5 MAR 1945
Pacific
Tank landing ship LST-642 is damaged in collision off Iwo Jima, 24°46'N, 141°19'E.
Submarine Bashaw (SS-241) attacks same Japanese convoy (HI-98) vexed by Baya (SS-318) the day before, sinking oiler Ryoei Maru and army tanker Seishin Maru off Tourane, French Indochina, 16°47'N, 108°41'E.
Submarine Peto (SS-265) is damaged by aerial bombs in South China Sea off Hainan, 20°57'N, 111°56'E, but remains on patrol.
Submarine Sea Robin (SS-407), attacking Japanese convoy in the Java Sea, sinks gunboat Man-yo Maru, 05°50'S, 113°46'E, auxiliary netlayer Nagara Maru, 05°23'S, 114°00'E, and merchant cargo ship Shoyu Maru, 05°23'S, 114°60'E.
Submarine Tilefish (SS-307) damages Japanese minesweeper W.15 off Akuke Jima, Japan, 29°36'N, 129°45'E. Although run aground by No.51 Banshu Maru to facilitate her salvage, W.15 is later regarded as a total loss.
TF 58 planes sink Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 224 off Mako, Pescadores.
USAAF B-25s (5th Air Force) attack Japanese convoy SAYU-02, sinking auxiliary submarine chasers Kasuga Maru and Ujina Maru and merchant cargo ship Shoto Maru off coast of French Indochina, 15°32'N, 108°37'E.
USAAF B-24 (13th Air Force) sinks Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 110 in Sape Strait, southeast of the Celebes, 08°36'S, 119°19'E.
Support landing craft LCS-127 sinks after grounding off San Clemente Island, California.
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