15 Jul 1945

Japan
17 Jul 1945

Japan
31 Jul 1945

Japan
1 Aug 1945

Japan
7 Aug 1945

Japan
13 Aug 1945

Japan
  • Following an aerial torpedo damaging USS Pennsylvania in Buckner Bay, Okinawa the day before, USS St. Louis began retiring to sea every night before returning to Buckner Bay every morning. ww2dbase [St. Louis | Buckner Bay, Okinawa | DS]
17 Aug 1945

Japan
20 Aug 1945

Japan
6 Sep 1945

Japan
7 Sep 1945

Japan

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Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
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