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• A special attack aircraft struck destroyer USS Cassin Young, killing 22 and injuring 45. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Japanese submarine I-58 sank cruiser USS Indianapolis; USS Indianapolis' prior order to maintain radio silence resulted in a 2-day delay in realization of her loss. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
• USS Bluefish ended her ninth war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Sennet attacked a Japanese transport in the Sea of Japan; the single torpedo missed. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• American battleships USS South Dakota, USS Indiana, and USS Massachusetts began a two-day bombardment of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• A special attack Japanese biplane trainer aircraft crashed into destroyer USS Callaghan off Okinawa, Japan; Callaghan was to be the last American warship to be sunk by special attack aircraft in the war. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Prisoner of war Dick Lanigan, who was injected with malaria-infected blood by Unit 731 doctor Captain Enosuke Hirano, died from the disease at Rabaul, New Britain. ww2dbase [CPC]

• USS Spot arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

• B-25 bombers of US 5th Air Force damaged Japanese escort carrier Kaiyo at Hiji, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
• USS Yorktown (Essex-class) launched raids on the Tokyo area. ww2dbase [Main Article | Event | DS]
• The order to abandon Setsu in place at Etajima, Japan was given. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• USS Cabrilla attacked a Japanese patrol vessel with an acoustic seeking torpedo in the South China Sea; the torpedo missed. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Boarfish performed lifeguard duties off Singapore. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Bugara sank 4 small enemy craft with her deck gun in the Gulf of Siam and South China Sea area during the day. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Hans Fritzsche was transferred from the Friedrichshagen Prison in Berlin, Germany to Moscow, Russia. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

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