26 May 1945




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- USS Ray sank 3 small Japanese vessels west of Japan with her deck gun. ww2dbase [Ray | CPC]
- German Field Marshal Ferdinand Schörner, previously captured by the Americans in southern Germany, was turned over to Soviet SMERSH agents. ww2dbase [CPC]
- USS Carbonero departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol. She would for the most part remain on lifeguard station off the island of Taiwan on the Chinese coast. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Carbonero | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Carrier Night Air Group 52 (CVGN-52) arrived on board. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- After eight weeks on station in support of the Okinawa operation, escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed the area bound for Guam. ww2dbase [Steamer Bay | Okinawa | DS]
- Escort carrier USS Card arrived at Norfolk, Virginia for nearly four weeks of maintenance and upkeep. ww2dbase [Norfolk Navy Yard | Card | Norfolk, Virginia | DS]




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