Saturday, June 13, 2020

Whoops. Sorry, Ivan.

WED 13 JUN 1945
Pacific
Large infantry landing craft LCI(L)-871, on routine patrol along the east coast of Urukthapel Island, Palaus, engages Japanese artillery and mortar batteries.

Twenty-nine USAAF B-29s (20th Air Force) mine Shimonoseki Straits and the waters off Niigata, Japan. Mines laid in these and previous plants by B-29s sink merchant cargo ship Matsuo Maru, 3.4 kilometers south of Motoyama light, and Hiyoshi Maru and No.8 Nissho Maru off Hesaki light, 33°54'N, 131°07'E, Koryu Maru off Hesaki light, 33°55'N, 131°07'E, and damage escort destroyer Io, 1.7 kilometers southeast of Kannonzaki, and merchant cargo ships Kinyo Maru, Kyokenzaki, Kammon Strait, Kannon Maru (unspecified location), Hakujitsu Maru at 33°5837'N, 130°44'E, Takakurasan Maru at 37°07'N, 137°03'E, and 2 Kofuku Maru, 37°07'N, 137°03'E.

Off Okinawa, battleship Idaho (BB-42) is damaged by grounding, 26°14'N, 127°57'E.

Submarine Bergall (SS-320) is damaged by mine (U.S. or British proximity-fuzed) in Gulf of Siam, 11°45'N, 99°50'E, and is forced to terminate her patrol.

Submarine Bonefish (SS-223) sinks Japanese cargo ship Oshikasan Maru in Japan Sea, 38°30'N, 136°58'E.

Submarine Bowfin (SS-287) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Meiho Maru, 39°00'N, 128°05'E.

Submarine Skate (SS-305) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Hattenzan Maru, 37°20'N, 134°28'E.

Submarine Spadefish (SS-411) mistakenly sinks Russian cargo ship Transbalt, 45°44'N, 140°48'E.

Japanese merchant cargo ship Kaisho Maru is sunk by aircraft, 35°49'N, 126°23'E.

Mines laid by USAAF B-24s (14th Air Force) sink Japanese merchant cargo ship Koun Maru off Macao, 23°30'N, 113°30'E.

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