MON 16 APR 1945
Atlantic
Destroyer escorts Frost (DE-144) and Stanton (DE-247) sink German submarine U-880, North Atlantic, 47°53'N, 30°26'W.
Pacific
Army forces covered by naval gunfire and carrier aircraft land on Ie Shima, Ryukyus.
Off Okinawa, kamikazes sink destroyer Pringle (DD-477), 27°26'N, 126°59'E; and damage carrier Intrepid (CV-11), 27°37'N, 131°14'E; battleship Missouri (BB-63), 26°00'N, 130°00'E; destroyer Bryant (DD-665), 27°05'N, 128°13'E; destroyer escort Bowers (DE-637), 26°52'N, 127°52'E; high speed minesweepers Hobson (DMS-26), 27°26'N, 126°59'E, and Harding (DMS-28), 26°42'N, 127°25'E; and oiler Taluga (AO-62), 26°03'N, 127°26'E. Destroyer McDermut (DD-677) is damaged by friendly fire, 27°30'N, 130°20'E.
Submarine Sea Dog (SS-401) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Toko Maru off Mikura Jima, 33°31'N,139°36'E.
Submarine Sunfish (SS-281) attacks Japanese convoy emerging from Yamado harbor, Honshu, and sinks Coast Defense Vessel No.73 and transport Manryu Maru, 39°35'N, 142°06'E.
Mine laid by USAAF B-29 (20th Air Force) damages Japanese cargo vessel No.10 Kaishin Maru off Shimonoseki, 33°53'N, 131°09'E.
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