Tuesday, August 26, 2025

80 Years Ago, Monday, 27 August 1945

US NAVY

PACIFIC—Third Fleet (Admiral William F. Halsey Jr.) stands into Sagami Wan, the outer bay to Tokyo, Japan.

            Japanese submarine I 14 surrenders to destroyers Murray (DD‑576) and Dashiell (DD‑659) east of northern Honshu. Prize crew from destroyer escort Bangust (DE‑739) boards I 14 about 450 miles east of Nojima Zaki.

            Japanese submarine I 400 surrenders to destroyers Blue (DD‑744) and Mansfield (DD‑728) east of northern Honshu; destroyer escort Weaver (DE‑741) places boarding party on board I 400.

            PB4Y (FAW 18) lands at Atsugi Airdrome, 14 miles from, Tokyo, because of mechanical difficulties. No Japanese approach the plane, which returns to Iwo Jima the same day.

 

US ARMY AIR FORCE

THIRTEENTH AF—XIII BC moves from Morotai to Clark Field.

TWENTIETH AF—B‑29’s begin supplying prisoners‑of‑war and internee camps in Japan, China, and Korea with medical supplies, food, and clothing. The first supply drop (to Weihsien Camp near Peking) is followed by a concentrated effort of 900 sorties in a period of less than a month. 4,470 tons of supplies are dropped to about 63,500 prisoners in 154 camps.

 

US ARMY

 

US MARINE CORPS

Ships of the Third Fleet enter Sagami Wan.

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