Hulk Scuttled

SUN 15 APR 1945
Atlantic
Destroyer escorts Frost (DE-144) and Stanton (DE-247) sinks German submarine U-1235, North Atlantic, 47°54'N, 30°25'W.

Pacific
Aircraft of fast carrier task force (Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher) attack airfields and aircraft on the ground in southern Kyushu, Japan; strike is repeated on 16 April.

Army troops land on Carabao Island at the entrance to Manila Bay; landing is preceded by cruiser/destroyer and aircraft bombardment.

Off Okinawa, kamikazes damage destroyers Wilson (DD-408), 26°03'N, 127°20'E, and Laffey (DD-724), 27°16'N, 127°50'E; Japanese assault demolition boat damages motor minesweeper YMS-331, 26°15'N, 127°36'E; attack transport Berrien (APA-62) is damaged by friendly fire.

Submarine Charr (SS-328) lays mines off the Malay Peninsula.

Japanese guardboat No.2 Hinode Maru is sunk by U.S. aircraft off Chezhudo, 33°19'N, 127°21'E.

Mine laid by USAAF B-29 (20th Air Force) sinks Japanese cargo ship No.3 Yamanami Maru southeast of Hesaki Light, 33°53'N, 131°02'E.

Hulk of Japanese army tanker Shincho Maru (sunk by TF 38 planes on 21 January) is scuttled across entrance of Takao, Formosa, harbor.