Near Miss

SUN 5 AUG 1945
Pacific
Twenty-eight USAAF B-29s mine the waters off Najin, Korea, and Geijitsu, Tsuruga, Oura and Hagi, Japan.

Destroyer escort Earl V. Johnson (DE-702) is damaged by explosion [near-miss of kaiten fired by submarine I 53] Philippine Sea, 20°17'N, 128°07'E.

Destroyer Bristol (DD-857) is damaged in collision with oiler Ashtabula (AO-51) off Iwo Jima, 29°00'N, 142°00'E.

Submarine Aspro (SS-309) rescues USAAF P-51 pilot deep in Sagami Wan, covered by PB4Ys that splash 4 of 12 Japanese planes that try to interfere with the extraction.

Submarine Billfish (SS-286), attacking Japanese convoy in the Yellow Sea, sinks merchant cargo ship Kori Maru off the Kwantung Peninsula, 38°51'N, 121°59'E.

Submarine Pogy (SS-266) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Kotohirasan Maru in the Japan Sea about 30 miles west of Akita, Honshu, 39°52'N, 138°52'E.

Mines damage Japanese fast transport T.20 four miles off Koiwai Jima, Japan, and damage merchant cargo ship Nissho Maru in vicinity of Nanao and Oguchi, and merchant tanker No.32 Yoshitomo Maru, 5.5 kilometers off Genkai Jima.

Japanese merchant cargo ship Iki Maru is damaged by aircraft off Hamada Island.

RAAF Liberator sinks Japanese ship No.15 Eigyo Maru off western Flores Island.

Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser No.25 Hino Maru sinks after running aground in Bungo Suido off Hinomisaki Light.