TUE 22 MAY 1945
Pacific
Thirty-two USAAF B-29s mine Shimonoseki Straits.
Planes from carriers Bennington (CV-20) and Hornet (CV-12) sink Japanese submarine chasers Ch 37 and Ch 58, and landing ship T.173 southwest of Kyushu between Sasebo and Oshima, 29°45'N, 129°10'E.
Mines sink Japanese merchant cargo ships No.25 Uwajima Maru off Moji, 34°20'N, 134°20'E, and Sagami Maru off Wakamatsu, and damage auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 157 eight miles off Niigata harbor.
Japanese auxiliary patrol vessel Pa 25 is damaged by aircraft one kilometer off Omaesaki.
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Aircraft & Mines
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