Shizuoka in WW2 History | World War II Database

17 Jan 1943

Japan

USS Haddock fired 3 torpedoes at a convoy, sinking an oiler 10 miles south of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan with 1 hit. ww2dbase [Haddock | Shizuoka | CPC]

9 Nov 1944

Japan

Kamoi departed Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan at 0546 hours, escorted by auxiliary submarine chaser Toshi Maru No. 3, auxiliary minesweeper Hagoromo Maru, and auxiliary minesweeper Seki Maru No. 3; they would arrived at Yokosuka at 1615 hours. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Shimizu, Shizuoka | CPC]

23 Dec 1944

Japan

Kamoi departed Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan at 0530 hours, escorted by auxiliary patrol boat Kousei Maru; she arrived at Ise Bay at 1457 hours. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Shimizu, Shizuoka | CPC]

29 May 1945

Japan

Japanese pilto Second Lieutenant Kiyoharu Kawada (Roh Yong-U) rammed his Ki-45 Toryu heavy fighter into an attacking US B-29 Superfortress bomber (serial 42-24894) over Oi River, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, destroying the bomber but also sacrificing himself. ww2dbase [Yong-U Roh | Shizuoka | CPC]

30 Jul 1945

Japan

American battleships USS South Dakota, USS Indiana, and USS Massachusetts, joined by British battleship HMS King George V (this would be her final combat action of the war) ended a two-day bombardment of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Meanwhile, carrier fighters from USS Ticonderoga (Air Group 87), USS Shangri-La, and USS Yorktown attacked airfields, railroads, and tactical targets east and west of Hamamatsu, generally the larger Kyoto-Kobe-Osaka region and the Tokyo region. Destroyer Yukikaze suffered minor damage and one killed by carrier aircraft in Miyatsu Bay on the coast of the Sea of Japan. ww2dbase [Preparations for Invasion of Japan | Yorktown (Essex-class) | Yukikaze | Ticonderoga | King George V | Shangri-La | Shizuoka | DS]

7 Jun 1946

Japan

Kamikaze attempted to rescue survivors of the wrecked unarmed escort vessel Kunashiri off Cape Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, but ran aground and became wrecked herself during the process. ww2dbase [Kamikaze | Omaezaki, Shizuoka | CPC]

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