SUN 3 JUN 1945
Pacific
Naval task group (Rear Admiral Lawrence F. Reifsnider) lands Marines on Iheya Jima, Ryukyus.
Off Okinawa, kamikazes damage cargo ship Allegan (AK-225), 26°00'N, 128°00'E, and large infantry landing craft LCI(L) 90.
Submarine Blueback (SS-326) sinks unnamed Japanese merchant fishing boat, 05°39'S, 106°47'E.
Submarine Segundo (SS-398) sinks Japanese merchantman No.94 Anto Maru off Jinsen, Korea, 36°41'N, 125°23'E.
Mines laid by USAAF B-29s (20th Bomber Command) sink Japanese naval vessel No.15 Hakutetsu Maru in Inland Sea, army cargo ship Taiei Maru, 3.7 kilometers off Motoyama light, 38°56'N, 137°05'N, merchant cargo ships Osara Maru off Motoyama Bay, Konei Maru outside Karatsu harbor, 33°33'N, 129°58'E, and Momo Maru at 34°35'N, 134°15'E, and damage minelayer Tokiwa two kilometers off Bakuchizaki, and merchant cargo ship Erimo Maru off Hime Jima light, 33°47'N, 131°14'E.
Japanese ship No.6 Tankai Maru is sunk by aircraft, Hitakata, Ibaraki prefecture.
Japanese merchant cargo ship Anri Maru is damaged by aircraft, 34°57'N, 129°13'E.
Japanese merchant cargo ship Anjo Maru is damaged by aircraft off Pusan, Korea.
Destroyer Porter (DD-800), operating with TF 92, is damaged in collision with U.S. Army cable ship Silverado, the latter being convoyed by escort vessel PCE-893, off Kuluk Bay, Adak, Alaska, in "extremely poor" visibility conditions.
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