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• USS Cod rescued the crew of the grounded Dutch submarine O-19. Upon completion, she scuttled the grounded boat by gunfire. ww2dbase [Cod | CPC]
• The Brazilian cruiser Bahia exploded and sank in the North Atlantic, with the loss of nearly 300 men. Whilst most likely an accident a theory persisted that she had been torpedoed by a German U-boats fleeing to South America. ww2dbase [AC]
• USS Bailey arrived at Morotai, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Bailey | DS]

• The US Coastal minesweeper YMS-84 struck a mine and sank off Balikpapan, Borneo. ww2dbase [Balikpapan, Borneo | AC]

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

• USS Macabi departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Macabi | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Lieut. Comdr. Holt assumed duty as Acting Executive Officer of station, relieving Commander Allan Lowrey. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]

• USS Sea Robin sank a small Japanese patrol craft with one torpedo in the East China Sea and took on one survivor. ww2dbase [Sea Robin | East China Sea | CPC]
• USS Spot sank two Japanese boats with her deck gun in the Yellow Sea. ww2dbase [Spot | Yellow Sea | CPC]
• USS Gunnel attacked a Japanese submarine south of Japan; all 4 torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Gunnel | CPC]

9 Jul 1945 Interactive Map