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• USS Wake Island returned to her front line position off Okinawa, Japan. ww2dbase [Wake Island | CPC]

• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Air Group 33 arrived. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]

• Japanese Submarine Squadron 1 began joint submarine-seaplane exercises in Nanao Bay, Japan. ww2dbase [Nanao, Ishikawa | CPC]
• USS Yorktown (Essex-class) launched raids on Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. ww2dbase [Okinawa Campaign | Yorktown (Essex-class) | Okinawa | DS]

• USS Capitaine fired four torpedoes at a small Japanese patrol craft in the South China Sea; all torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Capitaine | South China Sea | CPC]

• USS Enterprise arrived at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for repairs of extensive damage following being hit by two special attack aircraft off Okinawa. ww2dbase [Puget Sound Navy Yard | Enterprise | Bremerton, Washington | DS]

6 Jun 1945 Interactive Map