27 Jun 1945
- USS Caiman arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending third war patrol. ww2dbase [Caiman | CPC]
- French fighter ace Marcel Albert was appointed Commandeur of the Légion d'honneur. ww2dbase [Marcel Albert | AC]
- HMCS Trillium was transferred to the British Royal Navy. ww2dbase [Trillium | CPC]
- USS Cero departed Guam, Mariana Islands for her eighth war patrol. ww2dbase [Cero | CPC]
- USS Baya fired six torpedoes at a Japanese vessel in the South China Sea; all torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Baya | South China Sea | CPC]
- US Navy Lieutenant (jg) R. C. Janes, flying a Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon aircraft of VPB-142, made a visual contact with a surfaced submarine heading north-west at 14 knots about 410 miles east of Saipan, Mariana Islands at 1220 hours. He made a sharp turn and dropped three Mk. 47 depth charges and five markers. The submarine first made a hard-starboard turn and dived. When Janes returned to the scene, an oil slick was sighted, followed by fragments of wood. He followed up the attack with a Mk. 24 "Fido" acoustic torpedo and continued to patrol for a while. The submarine was I-165 (previously I-65); she sank with all 106 crew. ww2dbase [HM]
- Escort carrier USS Card arrived at Cristóbal, Panama Canal Zone whereupon the was detached from the Atlantic Fleet and reported for duty to the Pacific Fleet. ww2dbase [Panama Canal | Card | Cristóbal | DS]
- Escort carrier USS Bogue transferred to the Pacific Fleet and transited the Panama Canal bound for San Diego, California. ww2dbase [Panama Canal | Bogue | Panama Canal | DS]
- USS Shamrock Bay arrived at San Pedro Bay in the Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Shamrock Bay | CPC]
- Aleksandr Vadis was made the head of Soviet GSOVG Counterintelligence Directorate and P. I. Ivashutin was made the head of YuGV Counterintelligence Directorate. ww2dbase [CPC]
- USS Tunny set sail for Midway Atoll. ww2dbase [Midway Bases | Tunny | Midway | CPC]
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