06/01 Fri. United States Naval Air Facility, Peleliu Island,
Palau Islands, is established.
United States Naval Advanced Base, Bremerhaven,
Germany, is established.
United States naval vessel damaged:
Submarine chaser PC-1599, by grounding, Okinawa area,
26 d. 25'N., 127 d. 43'E.
06/02 Sat. Aircraft of fast carrier task force (Vice Adm. J. S.
McCain) bomb airfields in southern Kyushu, Japan;
attack is repeated on 3 June.
06/03 Sun. Naval task group (Rear Adm. L. F. Reifsnider) lands
Marines on Iheya Shima, Ryukyu Islands.
Carrier LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CV-39) is commissioned at
Norfolk, Va.
United States naval vessel damaged:
Cargo ship ALLEGAN (AK-225), by suicide plane,
Okinawa area,
26 d. 00'N., 128 d. 00'E.
06/04 Mon. United States naval vessel damaged:
Patrol vessel YP-41, by operational casualty,
Okinawa area,
26 d. 18'N., 127 d. 52'E.
Japanese naval vessel sunk:
Submarine chaser NO. 112, by Army aircraft, Java Sea,
05 d. 00'S., 116 d. 04'E.
06/05 Tue. Typhoon in the Okinawa area, Ryukyu Islands, heavily
damages United States naval vessels.
United States naval vessels damaged by typhoon,
Okinawa area:
Battleship INDIANA (BB-58),
22 d. 51'N,, 132 d. 14'E.
Battleship MASSACHUSETTS (BB-59),
22 d. 48'N., 132 d. 11'E.
Battleship ALABAMA (BB-60),
22 d. 58'N., 132 d. 15'E.
Battleship MISSOURI (BB-63),
23 d. 30'N., 131 d. 30'E.
Aircraft carrier HORNET (CV-12),
22 d. 54'N., 132 d. 25'E.
Aircraft carrier BENNINGTON (CV-20),
23 d. 03'N., 132 d. 04'E.
Light carrier BELLEAU WOOD (CVL-24),
22 d. 45'N., 132 d. 10'E.
Light carrier SAN JACINTO (CVL-30),
22 d. 53'N., 131 d. 55'E.
Escort carrier WINDHAM BAY (CVE-92),
22 d. 37'N., 131 d. 34'E.
Escort carrier SALAMAUA (CVE-96),
22 d. 30'N., 131 d. 56'E.
Escort carrier BOUGAINVILLE (CVE-100),
22 d. 18'N,, 131 d. 53'E.
Escort carrier ATTU (CVE-102),
22 d. 38'N., 131 d. 58'E.
Heavy cruiser BALTIMORE (CA-68),
22 d. 48'N., 132 d. 14'E.
Heavy cruiser QUINCY (CA-71),
22 d. 59'N., 132 d. 12'E.
Heavy cruiser PITTSBURGH (CA-72),
22 d. 50'N., 132 d. 06'E.
Light cruiser DETROIT (CL-8),
22 d. 17'N., 131 d. 48'E.
Light cruiser SAN JUAN (CL-54),
22 d. 28'N., 132 d. 24'E.
Light cruiser DULUTH (CL-87),
22 d. 55'N., 132 d. 12'E.
Light cruiser ATLANTA (CL-104),
22 d. 46'N., 136 d. 12'E.
Destroyer SCHROEDER (DD-501),
22 d. 48'N., 132 d. 14'E.
Destroyer JOHN RODGERS (DD-574),
22 d. 45'N., 132 d. 10'E.
Destroyer MCKEE (DD-575),
22 d. 54'N., 132 d. 19'E.
Destroyer DASHIELL (DD-659),
22 d. 55'N., 132 d. 15'E.
Destroyer STOCKHAM (DD-683),
22 d. 48'N., 132 d. 14'E.
Destroyer DE HAVEN (DD-717),
22 d. 51'N., 132 d. 10'E.
Destroyer MADDOX (DD-731),
22 d. 42'N., 132 d. 45'E.
Destroyer BLUE (DD-744),
22 d. 51'N., 132 d. 25'E.
Destroyer BRUSH (DD-745),
22 d. 34'N., 132 d. 22'E.
Destroyer TAUSSIG (DD-746),
22 d. 43'N., 132 d. 04'E.
Destroyer SAMUEL N. MOORE (DD-747),
22 d. 48'N., 132 d. 14'E.
Destroyer escort DONALDSON (DE-44),
22 d. 35'N., 131 d. 56'E.
Destroyer escort CONKLIN (DE-439),
22 d. 17'N., 131 d. 48'E.
Destroyer escort HILBERT (DE-742),
22 d. 32'N., 131 d. 40'E.
Oiler LACKAWANNA (AO-40),
22 d. 31'N., 131 d. 36'E.
Oiler MILLICOMA (AO-73),
22 d. 12'N., 131 d. 36'E.
Ammunition ship SHASTA (AE-6),
22 d. 17'N., 131 d. 48'E.
United States naval vessels damaged:
Battleship MISSISSIPPI (BB-41), by suicide plane,
Okinawa area,
26 d. 09'N., 127 d. 35'E.
Heavy cruiser LOUISVILLE (CA-28), by suicide plane,
Okinawa area,
26 d. 07'N., 127 d. 52'E.
Destroyer DYSON (DD-571), by collision,
Okinawa area,
26 d. 09'N., 127 d. 49'E.
Minesweeper SCUFFLE (AM-298), by grounding,
Brunei Bay area,
08 d. 01'N., 117 d. 13'E.
Gasoline tanker SHEEPSCOT (AOG-24), by grounding,
Iwo Jima area,
24 d. 46'N., 141 d. 18'E.
06/06 Wed. United States naval vessels damaged, Okinawa area:
Escort carrier NATOMA BAY (CVE-61), by suicide plane,
24 d. 46'N., 126 d. 37'E.
Destroyer BEALE,(DD-471), by collision,
26 d. 10'N , 127 d. 20'E.
Minesweeper REQUISITE (AM-109), by collision,
26 d. 00'N., 127 d. 00'E.
Minesweeper SPEAR (AM-322), by collision,
26 d. 00' N., 127 d. 00'E.
Light minelayer HARRY F. BAUER (DM-16), by suicide
plane,
26 d. 14'N., 128 d. 01'E.
Light minelayer J. WILLIAM DITTER (DM-31),
by suicide plane,
26 d. 14'N., 128 d. 01'E.
Gasoline tanker YAHARA (AOG-37), by collision,
26 d. 10'N., 127 d. 20'E.
Japanese naval vessel sunk:
Submarine chaser NO. 195, by United States mine,
off Honshu, Japan,
37 d. 10'N., 137 d. 05'E.
06/07 Thu. United States naval vessels damaged, Okinawa area:
Destroyer ANTHONY (DD-515), by suicide plane,
27 d. 07'N., 127 d. 38'E.
LST 540, by grounding,
26 d. 21'N., 127 d. 45'E.
06/08 Fri. Aircraft from fast carrier task force (Vice Adm.
J. S. McCain) attack Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu, Japan.
Cruisers and destroyers (Rear Adm. R. S. Berkey) bombard
enemy in Brunei Bay area, Borneo; bombardment is repeated
on 9 June.
United States naval vessel sunk:
Minesweeper SALUTE (AM-294), by mine, Borneo area,
05 d. 08'N., 115 d. 05'E.
06/09 Sat. Naval task group (Rear Adm. L. F. Reifsnider) lands
Marines on Aguni Shima, Ryukyu Islands.
Naval task group (Rear Adm. A. W. Radford) bombs and
bombards Okino Daito Jima, Ryukyu Islands.
United States naval vessel damaged:
Destroyer escort GENDREAU (DE-639),
by coastal defense gun,
Okinawa area, 26 d. 03'N., 127 d. 12'E.
Japanese naval vessel sunk:
Coast defense vessel No. 41,
by submarine SEA OWL (SS-405), off southern Korea,
34 d. 18'N., 127 d. 18'E.
06/10 Sun. Australian troops land at Brunei Bay, Borneo, supported
by cruiser and destroyer gunfire (Rear Adm. R. S. Berkey)
and strikes by United States Army and Australian
aircraft.
Naval task group (Rear Adm. J. J. Clark) bombs and
bombards enemy airfield and other installations on Minami
Daito, Ryukyu Islands.
United States naval vessel sunk:
Destroyer WILLIAM D. PORTER (DD-579), by suicide plane,
Okinawa area,
27 d. 06'N., 127 d. 38'E.
Japanese submarine sunk:
I-122, by submarine SKATE (SS-305), Sea of Japan,
37 d. 29'N., 137 d. 25'E.
06/11 Mon. Cruisers and destroyers (Rear Adm. J. H. Brown) bombard
Japanese installations on Matsuwa, Kurile Islands.
United States naval vessels damaged, Okinawa area:
Light cruiser VICKSBURG (CL-86), by collision,
26 d. 10'N., 127 d. 20'E.
Landing ship dock LINDENWALD (LSD-6), accidentally by
United States naval gunfire,
26 d. 17'N., 127 d. 53'E.
Japanese naval vessel sunk:
Submarine chaser No. 237, by United States naval
land-based aircraft, Sea of Japan,
34 d. 35'N., 132 d. 20'E.
06/13 Wed. United States naval vessel damaged:
Battleship IDAHO (BB-42), by grounding, Okinawa area,
26 d. 14'N., 127 d. 57'E.
06/14 Thu. United States naval vessel damaged:
Motor gunboat PGM-24, by collision, Okinawa area,
25 d. 30 N., 126 d. 00'E.
06/15 Fri. United States naval vessel damaged:
Destroyer escort O'FLAHERTY (DE-340), by collision,
Okinawa area, 26 d. 00'N., 128 d. 00'E.
06/16 Sat. Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland, is
established.
United States naval vessel sunk:
Destroyer TWIGGS (DD-591), by aircraft torpedo,
Okinawa area,
26 d. 08'N., 137 d. 35'E.
United States naval vessel damaged:
Escort carrier STEAMER BAY (CVE-87), by aircraft
operational casualty, Okinawa area,
24 d. 00'N., 128 d. 00'E.
06/17 Sun. United States naval vessel damaged:
Gasoline tanker CHESTATEE (AOG-49), by collision,
Luzon area, Philippine Islands,
07 d. 04'N., 122 d. 06'E.
06/18 Mon. Battleship and destroyers bombard shore installations
on Emidj Island, Jaluit Atoll, Marshall Islands.
United States naval vessel sunk:
Motor minesweeper YMS-50, damaged by mine,
Balikpapan area, Borneo,
01 d. 18'S., 116 d. 49'E.;
sunk by United States forces.
United States naval vessel damaged:
Seaplane tender (small) YAKUTAT (AVP-32),
by collision, Okinawa area,
26 d. 10'N., 127 d. 19'E.
06/19 Tue. United States naval vessels damaged:
Minesweeper DEVICE (AM-220), by collision,
Okinawa area,
26 d. 00'N., 127 d. 00'E.
Minesweeper DOUR (AM-223), by collision, Okinawa area,
26 d. 00'2, 127 d. 00'E.
LST 562, by collision, Brunei Bay area, Borneo,
04 d. 29'N., 114 d. 01 E.
06/20 Wed. Aircraft from carrier task group (Rear Adm. R. E.
Jennings) bomb enemy positions on Wake Island.
United States naval vessel damaged:
Motor minesweeper YMS-368, by mine,
Balikpapan area, Borneo,
01 d. 19'S., 116 d. 58'E.
06/21 Thu. Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, is declared secured 82 days
after the landing. (See 1 April 1945.)
United States naval vessels damaged:
Destroyer escort HALLORAN (DE-305), by suicide plane,
Okinawa area,
26 d. 00'N., 128 d. 00'E.
Seaplane tender CURTISS (AV-4), by suicide plane,
Okinawa area, 26 d. 10'N., 127 d. 18'E.
Seaplane tender KENNETH WHITING (AV-14), by suicide
plane, Okinawa area,
26 d. 10'N., 127 d. 18'E.
Motor minesweeper YMS-335, by coastal defense gun,
Balikpapan area, Borneo,
01 d. 18'S., 116 d. 50'E.
06/22 Fri. United States naval vessels damaged:
High-speed minesweeper ELLYSON (DMS-19),
by suicide plane, Okinawa area,
26 d. 04'N., 127 d. 55'E.
Motor minesweeper YMS-10, by coastal defense gun,
Balikpapan area, Borneo,
01 d. 18'S., 116 d. 51'E.
LST 534, by suicide plane, Okinawa area,
26 d. 18' N., 127 d. 49'E.
06/23 Sat. United States naval vessel damaged:
Motor minesweeper YMS-364, by coastal defense gun,
Balikpapan area, Borneo,
01 d. 19'S., 116 d. 52'E.
Japanese naval vessels sunk, Java Sea:
Submarine chasers NOs. 42, and 113, by submarine
HARDHEAD (SS-365),
05 d. 50'S., 114 d. 18'E.
Shuttleboat NO. 833, by submarine HARDHEAD (SS-365),
05 d. 50'S., 114 d. 18'E.
06/24 Sun. United States naval vessels damaged:
Destroyer escort NEUENDORF (DE-200), by collision,
Philippine Islands area,
10 d. 41'N., 122 d. 35 E.
Motor minesweeper YMS-339 , accidentally by United
States bomber, Balikpapan area, Borneo,
01 d. 19' S., 116 d. 52'E.
06/26 Tue. Marines are landed on Kume Shima, Ryukyu Islands, by
naval task group (Capt. C. A. Buchanan).
United States naval vessels sunk,
Balikpapan area, Borneo:
Motor minesweeper YMS-39, by mine,
01 d. 19'S., 116 d. 49'E.
Motor minesweeper YMS-365, damaged by mine,
01 d. 18'S., 116 d. 50'E;
sunk by United States forces.
06/27 Wed. United States naval vessel damaged:
Seaplane tender (small) SUISUN (AVP-53), by collision,
Okinawa area,
26 d. 10'N., 127 d. 19'E.
United States naval vessel damaged:
Destroyer CALDWELL (DD-605), by mine, Brunei Bay area,
Borneo,
05 d. 07'N., 115 d. 06'E.
Japanese naval vessels sunk:
Submarine I-165, by naval land-based
aircraft (VPB-142), Central Pacific area,
15 d. 28'N., 153 d. 39'E.
Submarine chaser NO. 2, by submarine BLUEBACK (SS-326),
Java Sea,
07 d. 25'S., 116 d. 00'E.
06/28 Thu. United States naval vessels damaged,
Balikpapan area, Borneo:
Motor minesweeper YMS-47, by mine,
01 d. 19'S., 116 d. 55'E.
Motor minesweeper YMS-49, by coastal defense gun,
01 d. 00'S., 117 d. 00'E.
Japanese naval vessel sunk:
Destroyer ENOKI, by mine, Sea of Japan,
35 d. 26'N., 135 d. 44'E.
06/30 Sat. Naval vessels on hand (all types) 67,952.
Personnel: Navy.............3,383,196;
Marine Corps.......476,709;
Coast Guard........171,192.
Total personnel...4,031,097.
United States naval vessels damaged,
Balikpapan area, Borneo:
Destroyer SMITH (DD-378), by coastal defense gun,
01 d. 17'S., 116 d. 53'E.
Minesweeper YMS-314, by mine,
01 d. 18'S., 116 d. 51'E.
Japanese naval vessel sunk:
Destroyer NARA, by mine, Sea of Japan,
33 d. 54'N., 130 d. 49'E.