US NAVY
EUROPE—Potsdam (TERMINAL) Conference attended by President
Truman, British Prime Minister Clement Attlee (who had replaced Churchill as
prime minister in the July general elections in Britain), and Russian Premier
Stalin, ends.
PACIFIC—PV (FAW‑18), flown by a relief crew from VPB‑28, en
route from Saipan to Jinamoc, Philippine Islands, makes initial sighting of
survivors from sunken heavy cruiser Indianapolis (CA‑35) around 11°32'N,
133°34'E.25
Destroyers
Conner (DD‑582) and Charrette (DD‑581) intercept and search
Japanese hospital ship Tachibana Maru, which is found to be carrying
arms and ammunition in boxes marked with red crosses; the destroyers place
prize crew of 80 marines and sailors on board. Tachibana Maru is then
taken to Morotai for examination.
Submarine
Bugara (SS‑331) operating against Japanese coastal shipping off the
Malay peninsula, sinks schooner with gunfire and takes on board crew. One
lifeboat, however, sinks and fouls the submarine's port screw, damaging
it,06°40'N, 101°51'E. Later, Bugara happens across Malay pirates
attacking Chinese‑manned Japanese schooner enroute to Singapore, 06°21'N,
102°15'E. The brigands flee upon Bugara's approach. After taking off the
Chinese crew (who are grateful for the submarine's timely arrival, the Malayan
cutthroats having already killed two crewmen) and sinking the schooner, Bugara
then pursues the pirates and destroys them. Later, Bugara's divers,
working in the dark, repair the screw damaged earlier in the day.
Army
tender TP 122 grounds off East Cape, Amchitka, near Irakin Point; rescue
tug ATR‑32 is sent to the scene to assist.
USAAF
mines sink Japanese merchant cargo ship Santo Maru off Niigata, Japan,
37°57'N, 139°04'E, and damage minesweeper W.17 south of Chinhae, Korea,
36°06'N, 128°40'E.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
FOURTEENTH AF—10 B‑25’s, escorted by 2 P‑47’s, knock out
bridge at Sinyang and severely damage bridge at Lohochai. 7 B‑25’s bomb town of
Sinning, and hit several truck convoys between Siangtan and Changsha and in
Siang‑Chiang Valley. 31 P‑51’s also bomb town of Sinning. 40‑plus P‑47’s and P‑51’s
knock out at least 3 bridges and damage others and attack shipping, fuel dumps,
gun positions, trucks, railroad yards and general targets of opportunity around
Sichuang, Shangkao, Yoyang, Hankow, Mingkiang, Sincheng, Yutze, Houmachen,
Yuncheng, Anyang, and Kaoyi.
FEAF—Bad weather cancels all FEAF missions from Okinawa.
Thirteenth AF P‑38’s support ground forces on N Luzon, hitting pockets of
resistance W of Kiangan and blasting enemy occupied caves on ridge NW of Bontoc.
TWENTIETH AF—Gen Twining be comes CG Twentieth AF. Gen LeMay
is assigned to USASTAF as Chief of Staff.
ELEVENTH AF—6 B‑24’s radar‑bomb Kokutan Cape and visually
bomb Kataoka.
US ARMY
INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCES—TERMINAL Conference ends at Potsdam.
US MARINE CORPS
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