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• Gustav Krupp was born. ww2dbase [Gustav Krupp | CPC]

• François Darlan was born. ww2dbase [François Darlan | CPC]

• Rear Admiral Shigeushi Nakagawa was named the Chief of Staff of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. ww2dbase [Mako Guard District | Mako, Hoko | CPC]

7 Aug 1914 Interactive Map

• Robert Greim was named the commanding officer of Jagdgruppe 9 and achieved his 16th kill over France. ww2dbase [Robert von Greim | CPC]

• The Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was established within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. ww2dbase [CPC]

• HMS Hermes departed Hong Kong. ww2dbase [Hermes | CPC]

• In the Soviet Union, a decree "On Protecting and Strengthening Public (Socialist) Property" made theft a political crime. The decree solemnly declared that State property was "sacred and inviolable" and that thieves were by definition "enemies of the people". The maximum penalty was to be death by shooting; the minimum ten years in a camp. ww2dbase [AC]

• Chinese Navy began planning for the blockade of the mouth of the Yangtze River at Jiangsu Province, China. ww2dbase [Second Battle of Shanghai | Jiangyin, Jiangsu | CPC]

7 Aug 1937 Interactive Map

• Japanese troops captured Dengjiahe in Jiangxi Province, China. ww2dbase [Battle of Wuhan | Jiangxi | CPC]

• A group of British businessmen met with Hermann Göring in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, warning him that British public sentiment would not allow another act of appeasement, and that the public would push the British government to declare war on Germany. ww2dbase [The Danzig Crisis | CPC]

• The United States Congress authorized the establishment of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Werner Mölders returned to duty without receiving medical clearance. ww2dbase [Werner Mölders | CPC]
• American destroyer Grayson was launched. ww2dbase [Grayson | CPC]

• German submarine U-38 torpedoed and sank British troopship Mohamed Ali El Kebir 160 miles off Ireland at 2140 hours en route from England to Gibraltar, killing 86 of the 697 military passengers and 10 of the 165 crew aboard. Destroyer HMS Griffin depth charged U-38 for two hours and then returned to pick up all 766 survivors. ww2dbase [First Happy Time | U-38 | CPC]
• Jaguar, Kondor, Falke, T2, T7, and T8 began escorting minelayers in the southwestern North Sea. ww2dbase [First Happy Time | Kondor | Falke | Jaguar | T2 | T7 | T8 | North Sea | CPC]

• The 1st Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment arrived in British Somaliland to reinforce against the Italian invasion. ww2dbase [Invasion of British Somaliland | CPC]

• Commissariat général de l’éducation générale et aux sports (CGEGS) was formally established in Vichy France to organize athletic curricula for French schools. It was attached to the Ministry of National Education in the following month. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Maggiore Baracca departed La Spezia, Italy at 0805 hours for exercises, returning at 1310 hours. ww2dbase [Maggiore Baracca | La Spezia, Liguria | CPC]

• Lord Halifax of the United Kingdom and US Ambassador to Tokyo Joseph Grew voiced concerns over Japanese demands for French Indochina. ww2dbase [Indochina Campaign | Tokyo | CPC]

• German aircraft bombed one convoy, but otherwise very little activity was seen during the day over and near Britain. Overnight, German aircraft bombed coastal cities and laid mines in the English Channel and between Land's End and Liverpool. ww2dbase [Battle of Britain | CPC]

• USS Phoenix arrived at San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, United States. ww2dbase [Phoenix | Los Angeles, California | CPC]

7 Aug 1940 Interactive Map

• Stalin promoted himself to Generalissimo of the Soviet Army. ww2dbase [Joseph Stalin | TH]
• Bruno Mussolini, Benito Mussolini's son, was killed in a plane crash. ww2dbase [TH]
• Werner Mölders was named the Inspector General of Fighters of the Luftwaffe. ww2dbase [Werner Mölders | CPC]

• After dark, 84 British aircraft were launched to attack Essen, Germany (108 tons of high explosive bombs and 5,720 incendiary bombs were dropped, damaging the Krupp coke oven batteries), 31 launched against Hamm (damaging rail marshalling yard), 32 launched against Dortmund, 88 launched against Kiel (104 tons of high explosive bombs and 4,836 incendiary bombs were dropped, damaging Deutsche Werke Shipyards), and a number of bombers were launched against Hamburg (poor visibility and results were not observed). ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Deutsche Werke Kiel | Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein | CPC]

7 Aug 1941 Interactive Map

• US Marines landed on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands with the aim of safeguarding the sea supply lines between Australia and America and to form the first of the island "stepping stones" which would carry the Americans across the Pacific to Japan; the airfield on the island provided the Marines with a vital facility. Just across the water to the north, Brigadier General William H. Rupertus, Deputy Commander of the US 1st Marine Division, led an assault on Tulagi. Lieutenant Colonel Merritt A. Edson's 1st Raider Battalion landed first, followed by Lieutenant Colonel Harold E. Rosecran's 2nd Battalion 5th Marines. The Japanese defenders put up a much stiffer resistance than their comrades on Guadalcanal but by nightfall Edsons's Marines had reached the former British residency overlooking Tulagi's harbour and dug in for the night on a hill overlooking the Japanese final positions. At the same time the 2nd Battalion 5th Marines had fought their way through to the north shore clearing the sector of enemy positions, after which they moved into support of the Raiders. The days fighting had cost the 2nd Battalion 5th Marines 56 men killed and wounded, whilst the 1st Raiders had suffered 99 casualties. ww2dbase [Guadalcanal Campaign | AC]
• The Australian merchant ship Mamutu, sailing from Port Moresby in New Guinea for Australia and carrying 32 crew and 82 passengers, including 28 children, was shelled and sunk by a Japanese submarine which then machine gunned the survivors in the water. Only one person was rescued. ww2dbase [AC]
• Destroyer Yuzuki was recalled back to Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Islands as a response to the Allied attack on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Yuzuki | CPC]
• The United States Marine Corps established Marine Aircraft Wings, Pacific. ww2dbase [CPC]
• German submarine U-77 sank a sailboat 85 miles east of Cape Greco, Cyprus at 0700 hours. ww2dbase [CPC]
• British submarine HMS Proteus sank German freighter Wachtfels 100 miles south of Athens, Greece. ww2dbase [CPC]
• British submarine HMS Thorn attempted to attack an Italian convoy 50 miles southwest of Crete, Greece at 1255 hours, but was instead sunk by a counterattack by Italian torpedo boat Pegaso at 1345 hours; all 61 aboard were killed. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Captain Sukeichi Yamazaki was named the commanding officer of Kamoi. ww2dbase [Kamoi | CPC]

• American cruisers bombarded Japanese-positions at Kiska, US Territory of Alaska. ww2dbase [Aleutian Islands Campaign | Kiska | CPC]
• USS S-31 bombarded Kiska, US Territory of Alaska. ww2dbase [Aleutian Islands Campaign | S-31 | Kiska | CPC]
• USS S-35 reported weather conditions near Kiska, US Territory of Alaska in the Aleutian Islands. ww2dbase [Aleutian Islands Campaign | S-35 | Kiska | CPC]
• USS Nashville shelled Japanese shore installations on Kiska Island in the Aleutians causing considerable damage. ww2dbase [Aleutian Islands Campaign | Nashville | Kiska Island, Aleutian Island Chain | DS]
• Task Force 8 consisting of USS Indianapolis, USS Nashville, USS Louisville, USS Honolulu, USS St. Louis, and escorts bombard Japanese positions on Kiska Island near the western end of Alaska's Aleutian chain. ww2dbase [Battle of Midway and the Aleutian Islands | Honolulu | Indianapolis | Louisville | St. Louis | Nashville | Kiska | DS]

• The 2,687-ton Norwegian motor merchant Breñas was heading to New York, New York, United States from Maranhão, Brazil with 3,044 tons of general cargo on board when she was sighted by German submarine U-108 (Korvettenkapitän Klaus Scholtz) in the South Atlantic. The submarine appeared on the starboard bow of the ship, when the captain Oscar Kløcker was resting in the day room. When he heard the lookout and realized something was wrong, he ran out to the lower bridge. At that time the submarine was 3 cable lengths off and it was too late to ram it. He went to the bridge and altered course so that the boat was right behind them and gave orders to open fire with the aft 6-pound gun, as well as with both machine guns located on the chart house roof. It was obvious that the submarine was getting ready to attack with its deck guns. The submarine achieved no hits but came ever closer and there was a lot of shrapnel on the boat's fore and after decks. 35 shots were fired from Breñas, with the last 2 appearing to have hit the boat, which gave up the battle at 0930 hours, whereupon the voyage was continued at highest possible, zig-zagging at speed. At 1945 hours a torpedo hit Breñas on the port side between No. 3 and 4 hatches, resulting in a heavy list, the ship sinking in about 10 minutes. At that time, Gunner Fredriksen had just arrived in the mess room, then immediately ran back to the gun deck, only to find that the gunner on duty was not there, the gun was at that time in such a shape that it could not be used, with the ammunition ripped out of its casing. The motorboat that he was assigned to had been torn loose, so they tried to launch the gig, which was on the starboard side, but when this failed, he and several others ended up in the water. The port boat was successfully lowered, and most of the survivors assembled in it. The only fatality during the sinking was José Souza Gomez, the Brazilian Mess boy. The submarine then came up asking for the captain, who at first refused to identify himself, but was eventually ordered aboard the submarine, where he stayed for 5 weeks. Scholtz offered food and cognac to the people in the lifeboat, but as they felt they would be fine with what they had, this was refused. The 32 survivors were later rescued and put ashore in Trinidad on 10 Sep 1942. The Captain was interrogated and kept prisoner for nine months before being sent back to Germany. He later wrote about the weeks on board the submarine in a book "Skip og menn" (Ships and Men). ww2dbase [Second Happy Time | CPC, HM]
• German submarine U-572 sank Dutch ship Delfshaven 800 miles west of Freetown, British West Africa at 0225 hours; 1 was killed, 38 survived. ww2dbase [Second Happy Time | CPC]
• German submarine U-109 (Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Bleichrodt) struck 6,030-ton Norwegian steam tanker Arthur W. Sewall with two torpedoes 1,400 miles west of Freetown, British West Africa. They hit the tanker below the bridge on the starboard side and at #7 tank. The vessel immediately developed a list to port as the master Wilhelm Pallesen ordered the crew to take to the lifeboats. As 19 members of the crew took to three boats another torpedo was fired but missed, the remaining crew saw the trail of this torpedo as it sped by only yards from the stationery tanker. The remaining crew then left the ship before another torpedo struck home. The tanker however, remained afloat forcing the submarine to surface and shell her with her deck gun. It was thirty minutes before the Arthur W. Sewall sank, taking 55 direct hits before doing so, at the same time the German crew fired 20-millimeter anti-aircraft guns and light machine guns at her now empty bridge. She finally sank at midnight after two and a half hours. The submarine could not find any of the lifeboats in the darkness despite searching with searchlights and left the scene. ww2dbase [Second Happy Time | HM]
• Morisini, at sea in the Atlantic Ocean at 1200 hours, received orders to remain submerged during the daylight hours when she was west of 10 degrees West. ww2dbase [Morosini | CPC]

• George Kenney requested for the authorization from George Marshall to create an all-American numbered air force in Australia. ww2dbase [George Kenney | CPC]
• USS S-43 arrived at Brisbane, Australia, ending her second war patrol. ww2dbase [S-43 | Brisbane, Queensland | CPC]
• USS S-41 departed Brisbane, Queensland, Australia after receiving emergency repairs. ww2dbase [S-41 | Brisbane, Queensland | CPC]

• At 0730 hours, 13 US B-17 Flying Fortress bombers took off from Port Moresby, Australian Papua to attack Rabaul, New Britain. Between 0950 and 1045 hours, prior to the arrival of the US attack, 17 Zero fighters of the Japanese Tainan Air Group, 27 Type 1 G4M aircraft of 4th Air Group, and 9 Type 99 D3A aircraft of 2nd Air Group were launched from Rabaul area airfields to join the battle in the Guadalcanal area in the Solomon Islands. The US attack caused minimal damage to runways and minor damage to 12 defending Zero fighters. ww2dbase [Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]
• Tenryu departed Kavieng, New Ireland with five other cruisers for Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands; the force was spotted by USS S-38, but the submarine could not gain a favorable attack position. ww2dbase [Tenryu | Kavieng, New Ireland | CPC]

• Jacob Vouza rescued a downed American pilot from carrier USS Wasp on Guadalcanal. ww2dbase [Jacob Vouza | Guadalcanal | CPC]
• Aircraft from USS Saratoga flew several strikes against targets on Guadalcanal and in support of landings on Tulagi in the Solomon Islands. Pilot Lt(jg) Charles Tabberer was one of five out of eight pilots to go missing over Tulagi. ww2dbase [Solomon Islands Campaign | Saratoga | Tabberer | Tulagi, Solomon Islands | DS]

• Joseph Stilwell departed Chongqing, China for Delhi, India via Assam in northeastern India. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Chongqing | CPC]

• William Gott, Winston Churchill's choice to replace Claude Auchinleck as the head of the British 8th Army, was killed when his aircraft was shot down by German Bf 109 fighters while traveling from Borg el-Arab to Cairo in Egypt. ww2dbase [AC, CPC]

• Destroyers USS Shaw and Allen departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii bound for San Francisco, California escorting 5 ships. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Shaw | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]

• USS Tambor sank Japanese auxiliary net layer Shofuku Maru off Wotje, Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [Tambor | CPC]

• USS Grayback fired two torpedoes at a Japanese trawler in the South China Sea; both torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Grayback | South China Sea | CPC]
• USS S-38 spotted targets off New Ireland, but the pursuit was given up after the submarine suffered mechanical failures. ww2dbase [S-38 | CPC]
• USS S-39 reported that her executive officer's health conditions worsened and might be developing pneumonia. The submarine was ordered to set sail for Townsville, Australia, to disembark the sick officer. ww2dbase [S-39 | Coral Sea | CPC]

• Elements of German 6.Armee crossed the Don River near Kalach-na-Donu, southern Russia, west of Stalingrad. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Kalach-na-Donu, Stalingrad | TH]
• Soviet cruiser Krasny Krym and destroyer Nezamozhnik evacuated troops from Novorossiysk, Russia as German 17th Army neared. ww2dbase [Caucasus Campaign | Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai | CPC]

• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Mako, Pescadores. ww2dbase [Mako Guard District | Hikawa Maru | Mako, Hoko | CPC]

• In response to newspaper Chicago Tribune's 7 Jun 1942 issue hinting the US Navy had knowledge of the Japanese order of battle prior to the engagement, the US government ordered an investigation by a Federal Grand Jury. This investigation would later find that Chicago Tribune correspondent Stanley Johnston had stolen a report containing this information while he reported aboard USS Barnett days prior to the battle. ww2dbase [Battle of Midway and the Aleutian Islands | CPC]
• Excursion steamer Greater Buffalo was acquired by the US Navy. ww2dbase [Sable | DS]
• British merchant ship Winchester Castle delivered the rescued survivors of civilian ship Honolulan, which was sunk by German submarine on 22 Jul 1942, to New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [New York | CPC]
• US Army transport Ancon was acquired by the US Navy. ww2dbase [Ancon | CPC]
• The order for the construction of carrier Shangri-La was issued. ww2dbase [Shangri-La | CPC]

7 Aug 1942 Interactive Map

• Otto Skorzeny thought Benito Mussolini was being kept in La Spezia, Italy, and was about to launch a rescue attempt when he learned that he was moved hours prior, and canceled the operation at the last moment. In fact, his intelligence was flawed as Mussolini was never transferred to La Spezia; on this date, Mussolini was being transferred out of the island of Ponza, Italy via a destroyer. ww2dbase [Operation Eiche | CPC]
• The keel of submarine Hawkbill was laid down. ww2dbase [Hawkbill | CPC]
• Oberstleutnant Ernst Kühl stepped down as the commanding officer of the German Kampfgeschwader 55 wing. ww2dbase [CPC]
• While at Nouméa, New Caledonia, Destroyer Squadron 21 (DesRon21), USS Nicholas flagship, experienced a routine change of command with Captain Thomas J. Ryan relieving Captain Francis McInerney as squadron commander. Captain Ryan was a 1923 Medal of Honor recipient and had just completed service as Squadron Commander for DesRon12 where he had been awarded the Navy Cross a month earlier for actions during the landings on Rendova, Solomon Islands. Nicholas departed later that day for Efate, New Hebrides. ww2dbase [Nicholas | DS]

• In a coordinated attack by six TBF-1 Avenger torpedo bombers and four F4F-4 Wildcat fighters with Composite Squadron VC-1 flying from USS Card, German supply submarine U-117 was sunk with Mark 24 FIDO acoustic homing torpedoes. U-117 had been supplying U-66 in the mid-Atlantic when both were caught on the surface by Lt(jg) A.H. Sallenger in his Avenger. U-117 was sunk and U-66 was likely damaged. ww2dbase [F4F Wildcat | TBF Avenger | Conclusion of the Battle of the Atlantic | U-117 | Card | Mark XXIV | DS]

• The Munda airfield on New Georgia in the Solomon Islands, captured by the Americans from the Japanese on 1 Aug 1943, was declared operational for emergencies. ww2dbase [Solomon Islands Campaign | Munda, New Georgia | CPC]

• Submarine USS Narwhal arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaiʻi, ending her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Narwhal | Pearl Harbor, Oʻahu | DS]

• RAF Bomber Command launched a raid on Milan and another on Turin to bring pressure on the new Italian Government, led by Marshal Pietro Badoglio, to accept the Allies peace terms. During the Milan raid a Lancaster bomber piloted by Herbert Barley was heavily damaged by an Italian fighter (probably a Macchi C.205 Veltro) losing two engines, but in a remarkable piece of flying the crew fought their crippled aircraft all the way across the Mediterranean Sea to a safe landing in Tunisia. ww2dbase [Invasion of Sicily and Italy's Surrender | AC]

• USS Whale patrolled waters between Japan and Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Whale | CPC]

• USS Cisco departed the Panama Canal Zone. ww2dbase [Cisco | CPC]

• Soviet troops reached the area northeast of Poltava and Akhtyrka, Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Belgorod | Poltava | CPC]

7 Aug 1943 Interactive Map

• Erwin Rommel received the Wound Badge in Gold. ww2dbase [Erwin Rommel | CPC]
• USS Croaker sank Japanese light cruiser Nagara after hitting her with 1 of 4 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Croaker | CPC]
• A Japanese aircraft made the first aerial ramming attempt at an American bomber. ww2dbase [Bombing of Tokyo and Other Cities | CPC]
• USS Sea Robin was commissioned into service with Lieutenant Commander Paul Stimson in command. ww2dbase [Sea Robin | CPC]
• USS Pompon attacked a Japanese transport off Sakhalin island; all 4 torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Pompon | CPC]
• USS Puffer attacked a Japanese convoy off the Philippine Islands and sank a freighter, hitting her with 1 of 4 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Puffer | CPC]
• The Indian 36th Division became the last Chindit formation to engaged in combat in Burma. ww2dbase [Operation Thursday | CPC]
• During a strategy conference in London, England, United Kingdom, Alan Brooke determined that the next Allied target in Burma should be Rangoon, and the best method of attack would be an airborne assault. ww2dbase [Alan Brooke | CPC]

• German troops counterattacked in Avranches, France; the offensive was code named Operation Lüttich. ww2dbase [Normandy Campaign, Phase 2 | TH, CPC]

• Field Marshal Erwin von Witzleben was tried and sentenced to death. ww2dbase [CPC]
• The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against oil facilities at Montbartier in the south of France. This would be the farthest south any mission of the war would take the 306th. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | RAF Thurleigh | Montbartier | DS]

• USS Guitarro attacked a Japanese convoy off Luzon, Philippine Islands in the South China Sea, sinking frigate Kusakaki with three of the six torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Guitarro | South China Sea | CPC]
• USS Sterlet fired seven torpedoes at a Japanese convoy in the Pacific Ocean, sinking a transport with two hits. ww2dbase [Sterlet | CPC]

• In accordance with a Soviet request, 55 B-17s and 29 P-51s of the USAAF involved in Operation Frantic flew from bases in Ukraine and attacked an oil refinery at Trzebinia, Poland without loss and returned to Operation Frantic bases in the USSR. ww2dbase [B-17 Flying Fortress | P-51 Mustang | Operation Frantic | Trzebinia | DS]

• German prisoners of war Georg Jantschi and Karl Kosch were transferred from the Lefortovo Prison in Moscow, Russia to the special Prisoner of War Camp No. 27 in the city's suburbs. ww2dbase [Moscow | CPC]

• A V-1 flying bomb blew up in Underhill Road, East Dulwich in south east London, England, United Kingdom, 4 residents were killed. Three V-1 bombs, brought down by fighters, crashed into the outskirts of Ashford, Kent, England causing damage and one death. The fighter pilots were now taking efforts to avoid their targets impacting on built up areas but the problem remained of the bombs flying erratically once hit. 316 Squadron (Polish) brought down 8 flying bombs, following on from the 9 kills made the previous day. Warrant Officer Czeslaw Bartlomiejczyk shot down four in the space of five minutes when he got behind the V-1 flying bombs flying in single file over the English Channel in his Mustang III fighter. Flight Officer Henry "Dixie" Dean flying the new RAF jet fighter, the Gloster Meteor, brought down a V-1 flying bomb over the village of Rorbertsbridge, east Sussex. 616 squadron now had a dozen of the jet fighters and 33 pilots training with them. ww2dbase [V-Weapons Campaign | Vergeltungswaffe 1 | London, England | HM]

• Submarine USS Tinosa arrived at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, California for a well-deserved extensive overhaul. ww2dbase [Tinosa | San Francisco, California | DS]
• USS Portland departed Mare Island Naval Shipyard after overhaul bound for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ww2dbase [Mare Island Navy Yard | Portland | Vallejo, California | DS]

• USS Archerfish departed Midway for her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Archerfish | Midway | CPC]

7 Aug 1944 Interactive Map

• USS Gar departed Apra Harbor, Guam, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Gar | CPC]
• USS Pintado departed Guam, Mariana Islands for her sixth and final war patrol on lifeguard station off Japan. ww2dbase [Pintado | CPC]
• USS Ray sank 17 small craft with her deck gun off Saponnoi, Thailand; several hours later, she dispatched boarding parties to scuttle seven junks north of Lem Chong Pra, Thailand by fire. ww2dbase [Ray | CPC]

• Destroyers USS Robinson, USS Philip, USS Saufley, and USS Cony arrived at Ulithi, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Saufley | Ulithi | DS]

• USS Proteus departed Apra Harbor, Guam. ww2dbase [Proteus | Apra Harbor | CPC]

• USS Rock arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Rock | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]

• The Japanese Nakajima J9N-1 Kikka (Orange Blossom) naval special attack jet aircraft made its maiden flight at Kisarazu Naval Airfield in Japan with Lieutenant Commander Susumu Takaoka at the controls. ww2dbase [J9N-1/J9Y Kikka | Kisarazu, Chiba | AC]
• In Japan, the Japanese government appointed a new preparatory committee, with Indonesian representation, for a nominally independent Indonesia allied with Japan. ww2dbase [CPC]
• USS St. Louis anchored in Buckner Bay, Okinawa ww2dbase [St. Louis | Buckner Bay, Okinawa | DS]

• USS Blenny reported sinking four small Japanese craft with the deck gun in the South China Sea off Malaya. ww2dbase [Blenny | South China Sea | CPC]
• USS Bugara sank 2 small enemy craft with her deck gun in the Gulf of Siam and South China Sea area during the day. ww2dbase [Bugara | South China Sea | CPC]

• USS Parche entered Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States for an overhaul. ww2dbase [Mare Island Navy Yard | Parche | Vallejo, California | CPC]
• Destroyer USS Shaw arrived at San Diego, California and immediately began sea trials of her sound gear. ww2dbase [Shaw | San Diego, California | DS]

7 Aug 1945 Interactive Map

• HMCS Nootka (R96) was commissioned with Commander H. S. Rayner in command. ww2dbase [AC]
• USS Cabrilla was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Cabrilla | CPC]

• USS Hoe was decommissioned from service at New London, Connecticut, United States and was placed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. ww2dbase [Hoe | New London, Connecticut | CPC]

• USS Menhaden was recommissioned into service, Lieutenant Commander Ralph G. Johns, Jr. in command. ww2dbase [Menhaden | CPC]

7 Aug 1951 Interactive Map

• USS Guitarro was decommissioned from service; on the same day, she was transferred to Turkey as submarine Preveze (S 22). ww2dbase [Guitarro | CPC]

• At Bethesda, Maryland, Vice-Admiral Walden Ainsworth passed away at the age of 73. ww2dbase [Walden Ainsworth | DS]

• USS Wasp arrived at Boston, Massachusetts, United States. ww2dbase [Wasp (Essex-class) | Boston, Massachusetts | CPC]

• Captain Michael C. Colley was made the commanding officer of USS Proteus, replacing Captain Thomas Fox. ww2dbase [Proteus | CPC]

• Gato-class submarine Silversides was towed from its longstanding berth along the Chicago Navy Pier across Lake Michigan to Muskegon, Michigan. ww2dbase [Silversides | Muskegon, Michigan | DS]

7 Aug 1987 Interactive Map

7 Aug 2005 Interactive Map