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• USS Tunny arrived in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]
• USS Wake Island received supplies at Kaika Harbor, Kerama Retto, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. ww2dbase [Wake Island | CPC]
• USS Ray attacked a Japanese transport west of Japan; all 5 torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Ray | CPC]

• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Jakarta, Java. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Jakarta, Java | CPC]

• American carrier aircraft of Task Force 38 attacked airfields in southern Kyushu, Japan. Air Group 87 aircraft from USS Ticonderoga struck airfields on Kyushu, Japan in an attempt to stop special attack aircraft from taking off, while aircraft from USS Shangri-La also struck various military targets. ww2dbase [Preparations for Invasion of Japan | Ticonderoga | Shangri-La | DS]
• I-13 arrived at Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Nanao, Ishikawa | CPC]
• I-400 arrived at Nanao Bay, Japan. ww2dbase [Nanao, Ishikawa | CPC]
• I-14 arrived at Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [I-14 | Nanao, Ishikawa | CPC]
• Patrol Boat No. 102 received two torpedo drop collars at Kure, Japan. ww2dbase [Stewart | Kure Naval Arsenal | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]

• USS Spot departed Saipan, Mariana Islands for her third war patrol. ww2dbase [Spot | Saipan | CPC]

• Captain James H. Doyle relieved Captain Richard B. Tuggle as commanding officer of cruiser USS Pasadena at Leyte Gulf, Philippines. ww2dbase [Pasadena | San Pedro Bay, Leyte | DS]

• Two B-25J bombers of 822nd Bomb Squadron, USAAF 38th Bombardment Group attacked the sugar refinery in Suantau, Kagi (now Suantou, Chiayi), Taiwan. ww2dbase [Kagi, Tainan | CPC]

• USS Bunker Hill arrived at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for repairs of extensive damage following being hit by two special attack aircraft off Okinawa. ww2dbase [Bunker Hill | Puget Sound Navy Yard | Bremerton, Washington | DS]

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