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The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II--1945 USAAF B-24s damage Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 235 off Mako, Pescadores. Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Yatsushiro Maru is damaged by aircraft, south of Wenchow, China. Attacks against Japanese convoy KAI-311 continue, and USAAF B-24s and B-25s sink small cargo vessel No.15 Gokoku Maru off south China coast. USAAF B-24 sinks small Japanese cargo vessel No.3 Taisei Maru off Hong Kong. 페이지 37 / 132 Navy aircraft sink small Japanese cargo vessel No.1 Taiki Maru and damage guardboat No.1 Shinya Maru, 27°10', 132°09'E. Coastal yacht Amethyst (AMc-3) is damaged in collision with U.S. merchantman Platte Park 150 miles northwest of San Francisco. � 15 March, Thu. -- Pacific On Iwo Jima, Pharmacist's Mate Second Class Francis J. Pierce, assigned to a marine rifle battalion, is leading a stretcher party to a forward aid station when the group comes under heavy Japanese rifle and machine gun fire that wounds the other corpsman and two of eight stretcher bearers. Pierce takes charge, carries the newly wounded men to shelter and treats them before he draws his pistol and engages the enemy, covering the litter bearers while they carry three wounded leathernecks fo safety. After treating a hemorrhaging casualty who is hit again while the corpsman is taking care of him, Pierce expends the last of his ammunition and kills the enemy soldier who fired on them. Pierce, although exhausted and out of ammmunition, makes two trips carrying wounded marines 200 yards over fire- swept terrain (see 16 March). TF 92 (Rear Admiral John L. McCrea), consisting of light cruisers Richmond (CL-9), Concord (CL-10) and Trenton (CL-11) and seven destroyers, bombards Japanese installations on Matsuwa, Kurils. Submarine Bream (SS-243) is damaged by depth charges off North Borneo, 05°36'N, 114°33'E, and is forced to terminate her patrol. USAAF B-24s bomb Japanese convoy YUMO-01, which had departed Hong Kong the day before, but while the attack upon cargo ship Tatsumiya Maru proves unsuccessful, the Liberators damage one of the escorts, Coast Defense Vessel No.36, 23°03'N, 116°52'E. USAAF B-24 sinks Japanese auxiliary powered sailing vessel Hoseki Maru in Tonkin Gulf, 18° 34'N, 108°37'E. Japanese submarine chaser Ch 21 is damaged by marine casualty off the south end of Namoa Island. Japanese netlayer Wakamiya Maru is damaged by marine casualty off Keelung, Formosa. Mediterranean Destroyer Parker (DD-604) and three British destroyers carry out anti-shipping sweep in the Gulf of Genoa, but encounter no enemy vessels. Atlantic Submarine Lancetfish (SS-296) is sunk by accidental improper operation of torpedo tube doors, http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1945.html 2011-04-17
The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II--1945 Boston (Massachusetts) Navy Yard. � 16 March, Fri. -- Pacific Iwo Jima is declared secured. Nevertheless, this day Pharmacist's Mate Second Class Francis J. Pierce, who distinguished himself the previous day, volunteers to accompany a patrol forward. Shot through the left arm, Pierce directs the treatment of a wounded marine and refusing having his own wounds dressed, fires his pistol to draw enemy fire. He remains in that exposed position in the line of fire until the casualty is safely borne away. For his actions this day and the previous one, Pierce is awarded the Medal of Honor. Transported in medium landing craft (LCM) and one submarine chaser (SC), and supported by gunfire from three destroyers, two LCI(R), three LCS(L) and 2 LCI(M), Army troops (a reinforced company) land on Basilan Island Sulu Archipelago, P.I. Tank landing ship LST-928 is damaged, by grounding, off Iwo Jima, 24°46'N, 141°19'E. Japanese Coast Defense Vessel No.69 sinks while in tow, eight miles off Hong Kong, 22°00'N, 113°40'E, as the result of damage inflicted by USAAF B-24s (14th Air Force) on 8 March. Japanese guardboat No.19 Gokoku Maru is sunk by U.S. aircraft, Kikaiga Jima, Japan. Japanese merchant tanker No.1 Nanryu Maru is sunk by aircraft, 29°09'N, 122°01'E. � 17 March, Sat. -- Mediterranean Motor torpedo boats PT-303 and PT-305 engage two German F-lighters off Point Mesco, Italy; PT-303 is damaged when she is accidentally rammed by PT-305. Europe LCVPs (TG 122.5.1) ferry 2,500 army troops across the Rhine River. Pacific Submarine Sealion (SS-315) sinks Bangkok-bound Thai oiler Samui off Trengganu coast, 05° 18'N, 103°23'E. Submarine Spot (SS-413) attacks Japanese Keelung-to-Shimonoseki convoy TAMO-49 escorted by escort vessel Ikina, Coast Defense Vessel No. 41 and minesweeper W.17, sinking army cargo vessel Nanking Maru off Yushiyama Island 25°28'N, 120°10'E, and damaging cargo ship I komasan Maru, which is beached off Matsu Island 26°07'N, 119°57'E, to permit salvage. Spot is damaged, however, by gunfire from one or more of the escorts. Later that day, USAAF B-25s further damage Ikomasan Maru (see 26 March). PB4Y attacks Japanese convoy TAMO-49, damaging cargo vessel Kitakata Maru, 29°09'N, 122° 07'E. U.S. freighter Oliver Kelly, while proceeding through Surigao Strait, is damaged by what is most likely a dud torpedo; Japanese midget submarine activity during this month is recorded from bases on the coast of Cebu. Japanese transport Ken'Yo Maru is sunk by aircraft, Kagoshima Bay. 페이지 38 / 132 Japanese cargo ship Mansei Maru is sunk by USAAF mine in the Yangtze, near Shanghai, 31° http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1945.html 2011-04-17
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