08/01 Tue. Organized Japanese resistance ends on Tinian, Marianas
Islands.
United States Naval Air Base, Tinian, Marianas Islands,
established.
08/02 Wed. United States naval vessel sunk:
Destroyer escort FISKE (DE-143), by submarine torpedo,
North Atlantic area,
47 d. 11'N., 33 d. 29'W.
08/03 Thu. Office of the General Counsel Navy Department is established;
formerly designated Procurement Legal Division, Navy
Department.
08/04 Fri. Aircraft from carrier task group (Rear Adm. J. J. Clark) and
cruisers and destroyers (Rear Adm. L. T. DuBose) attack
Japanese convoy and other shipping in the Chichi Jima are
Bonin Islands. At the same time aircraft from the second
carrier task group (Rear Adm. A. E. Montgomery) bomb airfield
facilities on Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands.
Japanese naval vessels sunk, Volcano and Bonin Island
attacks:
Destroyer MATSU, by carrier-based aircraft,
27 d. 40'N., 141 d. 48'E.
Transport NO. 4, by carrier-based aircraft,
27 d. 07'N., 142 d. 12'E:
Transport NO. 133, by carrier-based aircraft,
24 d. 47'N., 141 d. 20'E.
08/05 Sat. Aircraft from two carrier task groups (Rear Adm. J. J. Clark
and Rear Adm. A. E. Montgomery) and cruisers and destroyers
(Rear Adm. L. T. DuBose) bomb and bombard enemy installa-
tions on Chichi Jima and Haha Jima, Bonin Islands.
Fast Carrier Task Force is reorganized into First Fast
Carrier Task Force, Pacific Fleet (Vice Adm. M. A. Mitscher)
and
Second Fast Carrier Task Force, Pacific Fleet (Vice Adm. J.
S. McCain).
Japanese naval vessel sunk:
Transport NO. 2, by carrier-based aircraft,
27 d. 05'N., 142 09'E.
08/06 Sun. Carrier BENNINGTON (CV-20) is commissioned at New York, N. Y
German submarines sunk:
U-471, U-642, U-952, and U-969, by Army aircraft, Toulon,
France.
08/07 Mon. Submarine SEAWOLF (SS-197) lands men and supplies at Tawi
Tawi, P. I.
Japanese naval vessels sunk:
Light cruiser NAGARA, by submarine CROAKER (SS-246), west
of Kyushu, Japan,
32 d. 09'N., 129 d. 53'E.
Frigate KURSAGAKI, by submarine GUITARRO (SS-363), Philip-
pine Islands area,
14 d. 51'N., 119 d. 59'E.
08/08 Tue. Destroyers and land-based Marine aircraft from Majuro, Mar-
shall Islands, bombard and bomb Japanese positions on Taro,
Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
08/09 Wed. Submarine SEAWOLF (SS-197) lands men and supplies on Palawan,
P. I.
United States naval vessel sunk:
PT-509, by naval gunfire, off the Isle of Jersey, English
Channel,
49 d. 11'N., 02 d. 15'W.
08/10 Thu. Organized Japanese resistance ends on Guam, Marianas Island.
08/13 Sun. United States naval vessel sunk:
Submarine FLIER (SS-250), by external explosion, Balabac
Strait, North Borneo.
Japanese naval vessel sunk:
Submarine chaser No. 12, by submarine BLUEGILL (SS-242),
Philippine Islands area,
06 d. 17'N., 126 d. 09'E.
08/14 Mon. United States naval vessel sunk:
LST 921, by submarine torpedo, English Channel,
51 d. 05'N., 04 d. 47'W.
Japanese naval vessel sunk:
Transport NO. 129, by submarine Cod (SS-224), Netherlands
East Indies area,
04 d. 17'S., 126 d. 46'E.
08/15 Tue. Allied troops land on coast of Southern France between Toulon
and Cannes. The assault is preceded by heavy naval gunfire
and
aircraft attack. The operation is under the command of Vice
Adm. H. K. Hewitt, USN, Naval Commander Western Task
Force and Commander Eighth Fleet, and the ground forces are
commanded by Maj. Gen. A. M. Patch, USA. After the landings,
naval gunfire engages German coast defense batteries, and
continues to support the troops ashore.
United States naval vessel lost:
LST 181, by radio-controlled bomb, Southern France area,
43 d. 25'N, 06 d. 50'E.;
beached and abandoned.
United States naval vessel damaged:
Submarine chaser SC-1019, by explosion, Southern France
area,
43 d. 12'N., 06 d. 41'E.
08/16 Wed. United States naval vessels sunk, Southern France area:
PT-202 and PT-218, by mines,
43 d. 23'N., 06 d. 43'E.
Motor minesweeper YMS-24, by mine,
43 d. 25'N., 06 d. 43'E
United States naval vessel damaged:
LST 391, by mine, Normandy area,
49 d. 38'N., 01 d. 37'W.
08/18 Fri. United States naval vessel damaged:
Amphibious force flagship CATOCTIN (AGC-5), by horizontal
bomber, Southern France area,
43 d. 17' N., 06 d. 38'E.
Japanese naval vessel sunk:
Escort carrier ORAKA, by submarine RASHER (SS-269), off
northwestern Luzon, P. I.,
18 d. 16'N., 120 d. 20'E.
Light cruiser NATORI, by submarine HARDHEAD (SS-365), east
of Samar, P. I.,
12 d. 29'N., 128 d. 49'E.
08/19 Sat. Submarine REDFIN (SS-272) lays mines off Sarawak, Borneo
08/20 Sun. German submarine sunk:
U-1229, by aircraft (VC-42) from escort carrier BOGUE (CVE-
9), North Atlantic area,
42 d. 20'N., 51 d. 39'W.
08/22 Tue. Japanese naval vessels sunk:
Frigate SADO, by submarine HADDO (SS-255), and frigates
MATSUWA and HIBURI, by submarine HARDER (SS-257), Philip-
pine Islands area,
14 d. 15'N., 120 d. 05'E.
08/23 Wed. Destroyer and smaller naval vessels bombard enemy
installations and positions on Aguijan Island, Marianas
Islands; bombardment is repeated daily until 26 August.
United States naval vessel damaged:
PT-555, by mine, Southern France area,
43 d. l9'N., 05 d. 30'E.
Japanese naval vessels sunk:
Destroyer ASAKAZE, by submarine HADDO (SS-255), Philip-
pine Islands area,
16 d. 06'N., 119 d. 44',E.
Minesweeper NO. 22, by submarine BATFISH (SS-310), Palau
Islands area,
08 d. 09'N., 134 d. 38'E.
08/24 Thu. United States naval vessel sunk:
Submarine HARDER (SS-257), by depth charges, off west
coast of Luzon, P. I.
08/25 Fri. Paris, France, is liberated by United States and French
troops
Japanese naval vessel sunk:
Destroyer YUNAGI, by submarine PICUDA (SS-382), Philip-
pine Islands area,
18 d. 46'N., 120 d. 46'E.
08/26 Sat. Japanese naval vessel sunk:
Destroyer SAMIDARE, by submarine BATFISH (SS-310), off
Palau Islands, Caroline Islands.
08/27 Sun. Submarine STINGRAY (SS-186) lands men and supplies on north-
west coast of Luzon, P. I.
08/28 Mon. Japanese naval vessel sunk:
Submarine chaser NO. 77, by Army aircraft, Kurile Islands
area.
08/29 Tue. Japanese naval vessel sunk:
Minesweeper NO. 28, by submarine JACK (SS-259), off the
Celebes,
02 d. 03'N., 122 d. 28'E.
08/30 Wed. Submarine NARWHAL (SS-167) lands men and supplies on east
coast of Luzon, P. I.
08/31 Thu. Aircraft from carrier task group (Rear Adm. R. E. Davison)
commence 3-day attack on Iwo Jima and the Bonin Islands.
Bombardment by cruisers and destroyers on 1 and 2 September
augments air strikes.
Submarine REDFIN (SS-272) lands supplies and evacuates
certain personnel from Palawan Island, P. I.
Japanese naval vessel sunk:
Minelayer SHIRATAKA, by submarine SEALION (SS-315), Luzon
Strait, Philippine Islands area,
21 d. 05'N., 121 d. 26'E.