1 Apr 1946
- Commander Jack Seymour became the commanding officer of USS Charr. ww2dbase [Charr | CPC]
- Katsuragi was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Katsuragi | CPC]
- The US Navy conducted a mass scuttling of captured enemy warships. Twenty-one surviving giant Japanese submarines (including the infamous I-58) were among the vessels destroyed. ww2dbase [I-58 | AC]
- Portions of the Alaska-Canadian Highway physically located in Canada were turned over to the Canadian government. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Roderick Carr was named the commanding officer of the Royal Indian Air Force. ww2dbase [Roderick Carr | CPC]
- The Malayan Union was formed, consisting of all states in Malaya; it was a still a British colony, but it was intended to be a stepping stone to an independent state. Singapore was excluded due to its importance as a British naval base, and that the large numbers of Chinese in Singapore would further complicate ethnic tensions in Malaya. ww2dbase [CPC]
- I-402 was scuttled 60 miles off Sasebo, Japan at 1300 hours. ww2dbase [I-402 | CPC]
- [date appx] The last ship built at the Kaiser Richmond Shipyards was completed as the C-4-class bulk merchant ship SS Marine Snapper. The ship was scrapped in 1972. ww2dbase [Kaiser Richmond Shipyards | Richmond, California | DS]

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