8 Jun 1945



- USS Sea Cat attacked a Japanese merchant ship with two torpedoes, both of which missed their target. ww2dbase [Sea Cat | CPC]
- Jozef Tiso was arrested. ww2dbase [Jozef Tiso | CPC]
- USS Missouri bombarded Kyushu, Japan. ww2dbase [Missouri | CPC]
- USS Boarfish arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her third war patrol. ww2dbase [Boarfish | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]
- The fleet minesweeper USS Salute was sunk by a Japanese mine whilst covering landings at Brunei Bay. ww2dbase [Borneo Campaign | Brunei Bay | AC]
- Kamikaze picked up 853 crew and 400 passengers (army troops), survivors of cruiser Ashigara, off Sumatra, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Kamikaze | Sumatra | CPC]
- USS Guitarro arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fifth and final war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Guitarro | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- USS Saint Paul conducted training operations in waters off Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Saint Paul | Oahu | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Rear Admiral CP Mason made an inspection of the station. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- Aircraft from Essex-class carriers USS Ticonderoga (Air Group 87), USS Yorktown, and USS Shangri-La struck airfields on Kyushu, Japan in an attempt to stop special attack aircraft from taking off. ww2dbase [Preparations for Invasion of Japan | Shangri-La | Ticonderoga | Yorktown (Essex-class) | Okinawa Campaign | DS]
- USS Ling was commissioned into service at the Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, with Commander George Garvie Molumphy in command. ww2dbase [Boston Navy Yard | Ling | Boston, Massachusetts | CPC]




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