TUE 6 MAR 1945
Pacific
Attack cargo ship Yancey (AKA-93) is damaged by collision off Iwo Jima.
USAAF B-24 (possibly a Navy PB4Y) sinks Japanese salvage vessel Toei Maru east of Sanmen Wan, 29°00'N, 122°00'E.
USAAF planes attack Japanese convoy at 20°00'N, 112°30'E, and although the airmen believe that they sink a "destroyer," their quarry, actually Coast Defense Vessel No. 207, survives undamaged.
Japanese army vessel tanker Rikko Maru is stranded and sunk near Keelung, Formosa, 25°09'N, 121°44'E.
Japanese merchant cargo ship Hokusui Maru is sunk (most likely by drifting Japanese mine) off Otabe, Hokkaido, 41°27'N, 140°15'E.
Japanese merchant cargo ship No.22 Suma Maru is damaged by aircraft, four miles northwest of Fukikaku Light.
Friday, March 6, 2020
U.S.A.A.F. Trolled
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