2 Jul 1945


- USS Shangri-La hosted the oath taking ceremony for the new Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air John L. Sullivan. ww2dbase [Shangri-La | CPC]
- Okinawa, Japan was declared secure. ww2dbase [Okinawa Campaign | CPC]
- USS Barb launched rockets on Japanese shore installations; she was the first American submarine to fire rockets in combat. ww2dbase [Barb | CPC]
- USS Shangri-La hosted the oath taking ceremony for the new Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air John L. Sullivan. ww2dbase [Shangri-La | CPC]
- Jürgen Stroop admitted his real identity to his US captors. ww2dbase [Jürgen Stroop | CPC]
- USS Columbia provided naval gunfire support for Australian troops fighting on Borneo. ww2dbase [Columbia | Borneo | CPC]
- USS Saint Paul departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Saint Paul | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Commander WC King relieved Captain Erl CB Gould as Commanding Officer of this station. Photographic Squadron 3 (VD-3) departed. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- I-14 departed Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [I-14 | Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]



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