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WED 11 APR 1945
Pacific
Kamikazes damage battleship Missouri (BB-63) and destroyers Bullard (DD-660) and Kidd (DD-661), 26°00'N, 130°00'E; carrier Enterprise (CV-6) (near-miss of two suiciders), 26°00'N, 128°00'E; and destroyer escort Samuel S. Miles (DE-183), 26°12'N, 127°20'E; carrier Essex (CV-9) is damaged by bomb, 26°50'N, 130°30'E; destroyer Hale (DD-642) is damaged by bomb, 26°00'N, 120°00'E; strafing accounts for damage to destroyer Hank (DD-702), 27°00'N, 130°00'E, and destroyer escort Manlove (DE-36), 26°12'N, 127°20'E; attack transport Berrien (APA-62) is damaged by collision with tank landing ship LST-808, 26°22'N, 127°43'E; friendly fire accounts for damage to destroyer Trathen (DD-530), 27°13'N, 130°15'E, and attack cargo ship Leo (AKA-60), 26°21'N, 127°43'E; tank landing ship LST-399 is damaged by grounding, 26°20'N, 127°45'E.

Submarine Parche (SS-384) sinks Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Togo Maru off Todogasaki, 38°53'N, 142°05'E.

Submarine Spadefish (SS-411) sinks Japanese auxiliary minesweeper No.17 Hinode Maru off Tokckok-Kundo, 37°13'N, 125°11'E.

RAF Liberators (203 Squadron) sink Japanese submarine chaser Ch 7 and auxiliary netlayer Agata Maru in Andaman Sea, 08°57'N, 93°38'E.

Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 215 is sunk by mine off Futaoi-Jima, Shimonoseki.

Andaman Sea
RAF Liberators (No. 203 Squadron) sink Japanese submarine chaser Ch 7 and auxiliary netlayer Agata Mary, 08°57'N, 93°38'E.

Europe
U.S. freighter Morgantown Victory, in convoy VWP 21, strays from swept channel 11 miles off Le Havre, France, 49°46'N, 00°21'E, and is damaged by mine. She is towed to safety; there are no fatalities among the ship's complement (including 14 Armed Guard sailors).