H.M.S. Implacable, Ruler

THU 14 JUN 1945
Pacific
British TG 111.2 (Rear Admiral Eric J.P. Brind, RN), comprising fleet carrier HMS Implacable, escort carrier HMS Ruler, four light cruisers and five destroyers, attacks Truk atoll to neutralize Japanese air bases there (see 15 June).

Motor gunboat PGM-24 is damaged when accidentally rammed by light minelayer Thomas E. Fraser (DM-24) off Okinawa, 25°30'N, 126°00'E.

Submarine Sea Devil (SS-400), despite presence of two escorts, sinks Japanese transport Wakamiyasan Maru in the northern Yellow Sea, 37°35'N, 123°30'E.

Submarine Spadefish (SS-411) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Seizan Maru off western Sakhalin, 47°03'N, 142°01'E.

PB4Y-2s (VPB 118), flying from Okinawa, mine waters between Gyuji-To, Toso-To and Jobai-To, Korean Archipelago, encountering antiaircraft fire from nearby anchored shipping. The same waters are mined each day over the next three days, but the Privateers encounter no further antiaircraft fire on those occasions.

Mine laid by USAAF B-29s sinks Japanese army cargo ship No.18 Umajima Maru at 33°39'N, 130°15'E.

PB4Y bombs Japanese shipping off Bandjermasin, sinking No.470 Shuttle Vessel.

Black Sea
U.S. freighter Attleboro Victory, en route to Constanta, Romania, is damaged by mine in the Black Sea, 44°59'N, 30°54'E. There are no casualties to the ship's complement (which includes 12 Armed Guard sailors) and the ship is later repaired and returns to active service.