16 Jun 1945 | World War II Database

16 Jun 1945

USS Tunny sighted life rafts from a Japanese ship that was sunk by USS Bonefish; from the survivors she captured a chief petty officer for interrogation. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Twiggs was sunk by a Japanese special attack aircraft off Okinawa, Japan. ww2dbase [AC]
USS Wake Island was removed from the front lines at Okinawa, Japan. ww2dbase [Wake Island | CPC]
Lavrentiy Beria gathered the conclusive evidence of Adolf Hitler's death and reported this to Joseph Stalin. ww2dbase [Lavrentiy Beria | CPC]

Greece

Aris Velouchiotis committed suicide in Mesounta, Arta, Greece. ww2dbase [Aris Velouchiotis | Arta | CPC]

Mariana Islands

USS Springer arrived at Saipan, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Springer | Saipan | CPC]

Pacific Ocean

USS Capitaine rescued five survivors of a sunken Japanese merchant ship. ww2dbase [Capitaine | CPC]

Philippines

USS Columbia arrived at Leyte, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Columbia | CPC]

US Pacific Islands

USS Ray arrived at Midway Atoll, ending her seventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Midway Bases | Ray | Midway | CPC]

Photo(s) dated 16 Jun 1945

The after-flight deck of the USS Bunker Hill in Puget Sound Naval Shipyard’s Dry Dock No. 5 shortly after arriving at Bremerton, Washington, United States, 16 Jun 1945. Note the collapsed aircraft elevator.

16 Jun 1945 Interactive Map

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
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