3 Dec 1943
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- West of Palau, submarine USS Tinosa torpedoed and sank the 6,600-ton passenger-cargo ship Azuma Maru. ww2dbase [Tinosa | Philippine Sea | DS]
15 Feb 1944
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- Submarine USS Tinosa attacked a convoy of four ships east of Leyte Gulf in the Philippine Sea and sank Odatsuki Maru and Chojo Maru. ww2dbase [Tinosa | Philippine Sea | DS]
18 Nov 1944
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- Ships and aircraft from the hunter-killer group built around escort carrier USS Anzio conducted a coordinated attack 350 miles east of the Philippines on the submerged Japanese submarine I-41 commanded by LtCdr Kondo Fumitake. Destroyer escort USS Lawrence C. Taylor launched a successful spread of Hedgehog anti-submarine mortars and the I-41 was lost with all hands. Other ships in the Anzio group were USS Melvin R. Nawman, USS Tabberer, USS Oliver Mitchell, and USS Robert F. Keller. ww2dbase [Tabberer | Anzio | Henry Plage | Philippines Campaign, Phase 1, the Leyte Campaign | Philippine Sea | DS]
29 Nov 1944
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- Destroyer USS Shaw and her convoy were attacked by one Nakajima Ki-43 (Oscar) and two Nakajima B6Ns (Jill) with no damage to ships or planes. ww2dbase [Philippines Campaign, Phase 1, the Leyte Campaign | Shaw | Philippine Sea | DS]
20 Dec 1944
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- After three days and two nights of searching for survivors in the water after Typhoon Cobra, destroyer escort USS Tabberer was relieved of the search by other ships after recovering 55 men from the water. ww2dbase [Tabberer | Hull | Henry Plage | Typhoon Cobra | Philippine Sea | DS]
31 Mar 1945
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- In the Philippine Sea, Japanese submarine I-361 with its deck loaded with five Kaitens was spotted on the surface by US Navy Lt(jg) Sam Stovall flying a TBM-3E Avenger from USS Anzio. The Avenger released a Mark 24 FIDO acoustic homing torpedo and I-361 was lost with all 76 hands plus the five Kaiten pilots. ww2dbase [TBF Avenger | Anzio | Kaiten-class | Mark XXIV | Philippine Sea | DS]
4 Jun 1945
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- At 1848/I, USS Ancon's radar captured a clear image of a well-formed tropical storm on a rapid northeasterly track heading directly toward Rear Admiral J.J Clark's 76-ship formation of ships including carriers, battleships, and a replenishment group. Ancon prepared a message for Clark and Fleet Commander Admiral William Halsey but because of coding requirements and a heavy volume of similarly coded weather reports from other sources, Ancon's report was not fully appreciated by Clark or Halsey for over five hours. By then, Clark's ships had already sailed into Typhoon Connie. ww2dbase [Typhoon Connie | William Halsey | J. J. Clark | Ancon | Philippine Sea | DS]
29 Jul 1945
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- Japanese submarine I-58 sank cruiser USS Indianapolis with two hits from Type 95 torpedoes; USS Indianapolis' prior order to maintain radio silence resulted in a 2-day delay in realizing she was lost. ww2dbase [Type 95 | Indianapolis | I-58 | Philippine Sea | TH]
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