17 Jun 1945

- USS Tunny was attacked by Japanese aircraft in the Sea of Japan. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]
- Trawler Anticosti was decommissioned from Canadian service and was returned to the British Royal Navy. ww2dbase [Anticosti | CPC]
- Georg-Wolfgang Feller became the last recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross award, although the award was given more than one month after German President Karl Dönitz had officially ordered all awards to cease. ww2dbase [CPC]
- USS Wake Island received supplies at Kaika Harbor, Kerama Retto, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. ww2dbase [Wake Island | CPC]
- USS Portland departed the Okinawa area en route San Pedro Bay, Leyte, Philippines. ww2dbase [Portland | Okinawa | DS]
- USS Springer departed Saipan, Mariana Islands for her third war patrol. ww2dbase [Springer | Saipan | CPC]
- USS Bergall arrived at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands to receive emergency repairs for damage sustained four days prior by a friendly naval mine. This ended her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Bergall | CPC]


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