26 Apr 1943
Japan
Japan
- USS Wahoo reconnoitered Matsuwa (now Matua), Kurile Islands, taking photographs of the Japanese airfield and other facilities. ww2dbase [Wahoo | Matsuwa, Hokkaido | CPC]
13 Jun 1944
Japan
Japan
- USS Luce bombarded Matsuwa (Matua), Kurile Islands. ww2dbase [Luce | Matsuwa, Hokkaido | CPC]
15 Dec 1944
Japan
Japan
- USS Dragonet struck an underwater obstruction near Matsuwa in the Kurile Islands, Japan (now Matua, Russia) in the morning and flooded her forward torpedo room, forcing her to surface and escape. ww2dbase [Dragonet | Matsuwa, Hokkaido | CPC]
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