Ryukyus Action

SAT 9 JUN 1945
Pacific
Naval task group (Rear Admiral Lawrence F. Reifsnider) lands Marines on Aguni Jima, Ryukyus.

Naval task group (Rear Admiral Arthur W. Radford) bombs and bombards Okino Daito Jima, Ryukyus.

Twenty-seven USAAF B-29s mine Shimonoseki Straits.

Submarine Crevalle (SS-291) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Hokuto Maru west of Aomori Prefecture, in western approaches to Tsugaru Strait, 40°54'N, 139°48'E.

Submarine Sea Dog (SS-401) attacks Japanese shipping off northwest coast of Honshu, sinking merchant cargo ships Sagawa Maru and Shoyo Maru, 38°10'N, 138°20'E.

Submarine Sea Owl (SS-405) sinks Japanese Coast Defense Vessel No.41 in Tsushima Strait, southeast of Mokpo, Korea, 34°22'N, 128°11'E.

Submarine Tench (SS-417) sinks Japanese transport Kamishika Maru off southern Hokkaido, 41°49'N, 141°11'E.

Submarine Tinosa (SS-283) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Wakatama Maru off east coast of Korea, 37°32'N, 129°10'E.

Mines laid by USAAF B-29s (20th Air Force) sink Japanese merchant cargo ships No.35 Banshu Maru, 36°19'N, 136°12'E, and Inaura Maru, .7 kilometers off Takase light, 34°00'N, 131°00'E.

PB4Ys or PBMs sink Japanese merchant cargo ship No.5 Kaishin Maru at 37°05'N, 129°08'E.

USAAF B-24s bomb Japanese shipping off Bandjermasin, sinking cargo vessel Koryu Maru and 423 Shuttle Boat and No.444 Shuttle Boat, and damaging cargo vessel No.8 Nippo Maru.