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The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II--1945
ashore and is written off as a total loss.
Europe
U.S. freighter Michael de Kovats is damaged by explosion of German V-2 rocket bomb at
Antwerp, Belgium; none of the 27-man Armed Guard are casualties.
� 15 January, Mon. --
Pacific
District patrol craft YP-73 sinks after running aground 1,000 yards east of Spruce Cape signal
station, Kodiak, Alaska. Coast Guard tender Bittersweet (WAG-389) rescues survivors.
Escort carrier Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75) is damaged by accidental explosion of bombs as aircraft
(VC 88) lands on board as the ship operates off west coast of Luzon, 17°01'N, 119°20'E.
TF 38 (Vice Admiral John S. McCain) attacks Japanese shipping and aircraft off Formosa and
the China coast. Carrier planes sink destroyer Hatakaze and fast transport T.14 at 22°37'N, 120°
15'E; fleet tanker Mirii Maru and army cargo ship Enoshima Maru off Takao; destroyer Tsuga off
Mako, 23°33'N, 119°33'E; and damage auxiliary minelayer Maroshima off Formosa and army
cargo ships Beiju Maru and Yoshun Maru off Keelung.
TF 38 planes sink Japanese salvage ship Horei Maru, San Fernando, Luzon.
Japanese auxiliary minesweeper No.1 Kyo Maru is sunk by mine (laid by British submarine HMS
Porpoise on 9 January), south of Penang, Malaya, 05°18'N, 100°20'E;
Japanese merchant cargo ship No.5 Kujyo Maru is sunk by aircraft southwest of Paramushiro
Island Kurils.
Japanese river gunboat Narumi is damaged by USAAF aircraft near Hankow, China.
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Destroyer Swanson (DD-443) bombards Rota Island; she repeats the operation the following
day.
Mediterranean
Destroyers Boyle (DD-600) and McLanahan (DD-615) support British and American light craft,
including U.S. motor torpedo boats, in a night interdiction operation aimed at enemy coastwise
shipping.
RAF Spitfire sights one large and one small enemy destroyer west of Portofino, Italy; PT-313
and British MTB 378 engage a southbound convoy of five flak lighters, sinking one and
damaging another. The presence of the destroyers, however, results in the operation being
discontinued.
� 16 January, Tue. --
Pacific
TF 38 (Vice Admiral John S. McCain) strikes Japanese shipping and installations at Hong Kong,
Hainan Island and along the China coast. Off Hong Kong TF 38 planes sink transport Hokkai
Maru; merchant tankers Tenei Maru, Matsushima Maru, and Sanko Maru; and merchant cargo
ship No.2 Anri Go. They also damage oiler Kamoi, destroyer Hasu, fast transport T.108, escort
destroyers Shinnan and Nomi, and Coast Defense Vessel No.60; off Yulin, TF 38 planes sink
merchant tanker Harima Maru, and damage escort destroyer Daito. Guardboat No.1 Taiyo Maru
is sunk east of Hainan; merchant tanker No.6 Nanryu Maru is sunk off coast of South China.
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2011-04-17