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The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II--1945<br />
installations in the Okinawa area. TF 58 planes sink army cargo ship Kachosan Maru 25 miles<br />
northwest of Okinawa, 30°23'N, 128°40'E. Cargo vessel No.19 Yamato Maru is also sunk in<br />
these strikes. In addition, TF 58 aircrew also claim sinking one midget submarine and damaging<br />
another, and damaging Coast Defense Ship No.29 and submarine chaser Ch 58 off<br />
Sotsukozaki.<br />
Destroyer Haggard (DD-555) is damaged when she rams and sinks Japanese submarine RO 41<br />
in the Philippine Sea, 22°57'N, 132°19'E.<br />
Submarine Seahorse (SS-304) is damaged by aerial bomb off the Ryukyus, 26°00'N, 128°00'E.<br />
Submarine Spadefish (SS-411) attacks Japanese Sasebo-to-Ishigaki convoy SAI-05 in the<br />
East China Sea about 120 miles north-northwest of Amami O Shima, sinking transport Doryu<br />
Maru, 29°38'N, 127°36'E.<br />
Fleet tug Zuni (ATF-95) is damaged by grounding off Iwo Jima, 24°46'N, 141°19'E.<br />
USAAF B-24 (5th Air Force) sinks Japanese cargo ship Hokka Go Maru (ex-Chinese Peihua)<br />
110 miles northeast of Wenchow, China, 29°21'N, 122°66'E.<br />
USAAF B-24 attacks Japanese Coast Defense Vessel No.40, 26°58'N, 120°29'E, but although<br />
the airmen claim damage to their quarry, she in fact escapes undamaged.<br />
Japanese destroyer Kuri is damaged by mine at mouth of Yangtze River.<br />
� 24 March, Sat. --<br />
Europe<br />
For the second time, LCVPs (TG 122.5.1) support the Third Army's crossing of the Rhine,<br />
ferrying troops at Boppard, Germany, under heavy enemy 20-millimeter fire. Other navy landing<br />
craft from TG 122.5.1 ferry troops of the Ninth Army across the Rhine south of Wesel, Germany.<br />
Medium landing craft (LCM) are used on the Rhine for the first time in this operation.<br />
Pacific<br />
TF 59 (Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee) bombards Okinawa. Japanese sources list two vessels sunk<br />
by naval gunfire on this date, perhaps the victims of the battleship bombardment: Tosan Maru<br />
and No.10 Maiko Maru.<br />
USAAF B-24 (possibly a USN PB4Y) attacks nine-ship Japanese Naha-to-Kagoshima convoy<br />
KANA-304 (probably rerouted into the East China Sea because of Allied air activity in the<br />
Ryukyus), sinking auxiliary minesweeper Seki Maru off Tokara Gunto, 29°12'N, 125°13'E. Planes<br />
from TG 58.1--carriers Bennington (CV-20) and Hornet (CV-12) and small carriers Belleau<br />
Wood (CVL-24) and San Jacinto (CVL-30)--complete the destruction of KANA-304, sinking<br />
torpedo boat Tomozuru, Coast Defense Vessel No. 68, auxiliary minesweepers Chitose Maru<br />
and No.16 Shonan Maru, army cargo ships Koshu Maru, and merchant cargo ships Soka Maru,<br />
Kaijo Maru and No.3 Tsukushi Maru about 200 miles northwest of Okinawa, 28°25'N, 124°32'E.<br />
The same day, TF 58 planes also sink army cargo ship Seizan Maru and merchantmen Sanko<br />
Maru at 29°15'N, 125°13'E, and Kobe Maru at 30°00'N, 126°30'E.<br />
USAAF B-24s (13th Air Force) sink Japanese cargo ship Koshin Maru off Boeton Island<br />
Celebes, 05°40'S, 122°49'E.<br />
� 25 March, Sun. --<br />
Pacific<br />
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2011-04-17
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