Poor Marksmanship In Friday The 13th Friendly Fire Incident

FRI 13 APR 1945
Pacific
Off Okinawa, destroyer escort Connolly (DE-306) is damaged by kamikaze, 26°55'N, 126°46'E; gasoline tanker Wabash (AOG-4) is damaged in collision with small craft, 26°00'N, 128°00'E.

Submarine Parche (SS-384) sinks Japanese auxiliary minesweeper No.1 Misago Maru, 38°36'N, 141°41'E, and guardboat No.2 Kosho Maru, 38°27'N, 142°13'E off Todogasaki.

British submarine HMS Stygian sinks auxiliary minesweeper Wa.104 off Bali, 08°05'S, 115°06'E.

U.S. freighter Harrington Emerson is mistakenly bombed and strafed by U.S. aircraft off Borneo, 05°03'N, 119°44'E. The ship is only slightly damaged, and there are no fatalities among the merchant crew, the passengers, stevedores, or the 29 Armed Guards.

Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Kaiko Maru is sunk by aircraft, 21°25'N, 109°20'E.

Mines laid by USAAF B-29 (20th Bomber Command) sinks Japanese cargo ship Shinro Maru southeast of Hesaki Light, 33°53'N, 131°02'E, and damage Coast Defense Vessel No.40 off Futaio Jima. B-29-laid mine sinks cargo ship Kinoto Maru off Cape Wada light, 34°39'N, 135°11'E.

USAAF B-24s (13th Air Force) sink Japanese merchant tanker No.12 Nanshin Maru off southeast coast of Borneo, 04°00'N, 116°20'E.