28 May 1945

- Japanese air offensive sank destroyer USS Drexler and damaged several other ships off Okinawa, Japan. ww2dbase [Okinawa Campaign | CPC]
- American-born William Joyce, the German propagandist whose radio broadcasts to Britain during the war had earned him the nickname "Lord Haw-Haw", was captured by British troops. He was to be hanged as a traitor in 1946, and was to be the last person to be executed in Britain for an act of treason. ww2dbase [AC]
- The British Admiralty ended the convoy system in the Atlantic Ocean. ww2dbase [AC]
- USS Tunny departed Guam, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]
- USS Guitarro departed Saipan, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Guitarro | CPC]
- Light carrier Hosho was camouflaged at Nishinomishima, Japan. ww2dbase [Hosho | CPC]
- USS Ray sank 3 small Japanese vessels west of Japan with her deck gun. ww2dbase [Ray | CPC]
- USS Shamrock Bay departed Apra Harbor, Guam, Mariana Islands with US Navy squadron VC-96 on board. ww2dbase [Shamrock Bay | Apra | CPC]
- USS Manta departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Manta | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- USS Gabilan arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Gabilan | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | CPC]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) resumed air support missions over Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. ww2dbase [Okinawa Campaign | Yorktown (Essex-class) | Okinawa | DS]
- I-14 departed Moji, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, arriving at Chinkai Naval Station in Chinkai (now Jinhae), Korea later in the same day. ww2dbase [I-14 | Moji, Fukuoka | CPC]
- USS New Mexico departed Okinawa, Japan. ww2dbase [New Mexico | Okinawa | CPC]


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