British Submarines HMS Trump And HMS Tiptoe Attack!

FRI 3 AUG 1945
Pacific
Mines laid by USAAF B-29s (20th Air Force) sink Japanese merchant cargo ships No.3 Kamikage Maru outside Najin harbor and Tairetsu Maru in Kobe harbor, 34°39'N, 135°12'E; and transport Aga Maru off Takatakao Light; and damage army ship Osho Maru off Tsuruga, 35°40'N, 136°04'E; and merchant cargo ships Kokuyo Maru east of Hesaki and Shotai Maru in Fushiki harbor.

Cargo ship Taii Maru is damaged, agent unspecified, 5.6 kilometers off Karasu Jima.

British submarines HMS Trump and HMS Tiptoe attack Japanese Batavia-to-Singapore convoy escorted by Patrol Boat No. 109, sinking army cargo vessel Tencho Maru, 05°07'S, 106°05'E.

Navy Petroleum Reserve 4 Expedition, formed around cargo ship Spica (AK-16) and U.S. freighters Jonathan Harrington and Enos A. Mills, anchors off Icy Cape, Alaska. There it will remain until ice conditions improve at Point Barrow, its ultimate destination (see 8, 10, 22, 24 and 25 August).