TUE 10 APR 1945 Pacific
U.S. Army 27th Division, supported by Eastern Island Attack and Fire Support Group and carrier aircraft, land on Tsuken Shima off east coast of Okinawa, to begin the search for isolated pockets of Japanese troops.
Off Okinawa, destroyer Porterfield (DD-682) is damaged by own gunfire; submarine chaser SC-667 is damaged by grounding, 26°11'N, 127°57'E; motor minesweeper YMS-96 is damaged in collision with high speed minesweeper Hambleton, 26°03'N, 127°48'E.
Submarine Crevalle (SS-291) damages Japanese escort destroyer Ikuna southwest of Iki Island 33°38'N, 129°13'E.
Dutch submarine O-19 sinks Japanese merchant tanker Hosei Maru as the enemy ship proceeds from Balikpapan to Batavia, 05°30'S, 106°40'E.
Japanese merchant cargo vessel Maruko Maru is sunk by mine (laid by USAAF B-29s on 4 and 28 March) in Yangtze, 31°15'N, 121°29'E. Mines also damage Japanese destroyer Tsubaki, 58 miles off Woosung, China; gunboat Uji and transport Kotobuki Maru (ex-Italian liner Conte Verde); Coast Defense Vessel No.124 near Futaoi-Jima; Coast Defense Vessel No.156 off Mutsure Light; and minesweeper W.21 east of the mouth of the Yangtze.
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