Unsuccessful Kaiten Attack

THU 28 JUN 1945
Pacific
Japanese submarine I 36 carries out unsuccessful kaiten attack on general issues stores ship Antares (AKS-3) southeast of the Marianas, 13°10'N, 154°57'E; destroyer Sproston (DD-577) comes to Antares's aid, sinking one kaiten and damaging I 36, 12°50'N, 154°50'E.

Off Balikpapan, Borneo, motor minesweeper YMS-47 is damaged by mine, 01°19'S, 116°55'E; motor minesweeper YMS-49 is damaged by shore battery, 01°00'S, 117°00'E.

PB4Y-2s (VPB 118), flying from Okinawa, continue aerial mining of waters of Korean archipelago in a repeat of mission the previous day, sowing mines in fields off Chin-To and northwest of Roka-To. Although fighter opposition materializes to this mission, the Privateers "after considerable sparring" drive off the enemy without loss.

Mines sink Japanese merchant cargo ship Daikokusan Maru (off Moji, Japan) and damage cable ship Osei Maru (three kilometers southeast of Jizozaki) and merchant cargo ship Yahiko Maru (34°21'N, 130°56'E).

Japanese naval vessel Toyokawa Maru is damaged by marine casualty 450 meters southeast of Hikoshima.