Naval History On This Day, Any Nation

[Kevin]

3rd February 

 

 

1735

Dutch frigates Anna Catharina, Cptn. Jacon de Prinseran,and 't Vliegent Hart ran aground on the sandbanks around Duerloo Channel. 

1762

HMS Raisonable (64) lost of Martinique.

1781

St. Eustatia taken by Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney.

1798

HMS Speedy (14), Hugh Downman, engaged Papillon (14) off Vigo

1799

Commencement of bombardment of Alexandria by HMS Bulldog bomb (16) and HMS Perseus bomb, James Oswald

1801

US Senate approves peace treaty with France ending undeclared Quasi War that began 1798

1805

HMS Arrow (28), Richard Budd Vincent, and HMS Acheron bomb (8), Cdr. Arthur Farquhar, escorting a convoy of 32 ships taken by French frigates Hortense (40) and Incorruptible (38) off Cape Caxine on the Algerian coast. Arrow sank and Acheron was burnt as a result of their damage but only 3 of the convoy were taken.

1810

HMS Valiant (74), Cptn. John Bligh, captured Confiance (14) off Belleisle.

1814

HMS Majestic (54), Cptn. John Hayes, took Terpsichore (44).

[flying_dutchman2]

1894 - 1st US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me

[st george]

1917 - US liner Housatonic sunk by German sub & diplomatic relations severed.

[Kevin]

4th February 

 

 

1779

John Paul Jones takes command of Bonhomme Richard

1804

Boats of HMS Centaur (74), Cpt. Murray Maxwell, cut out French corvette Curieux (16) as she lay under Fort Edward in Port Royal Harbour, Martinique

1811

Four of the enemy's vessels captured off Pestichi, by boats of HMS Cerberus (32), Cptn Henry Whitby, and HMS Active (38), Cptn. James Alexander Gordon.

1825

USS Ferret schooner capsized in a storm off Cuba

[st george]

1697 - 3 VOC-ships anchor at Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia.
1810 - Royal Navy seizes Guadeloupe.

1959 - Keel laying of USS Enterprise, first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, Newport News, VA.

1999 - MV New Carissa runs aground near Coos Bay, Oregon.

[flying_dutchman2]

Both of you are covering everything. 

My sources have all the same info.

Marc

[Kevin]

5th February

 

 

1744

HMS Looe (44), Cptn. Ashby Utting, foundered off Sable Cape

1800

HMS Fairy (16) and HMS Harpy (18), Henry Bazely, engaged French frigate Pallas (38) off Cape Frehel. She struck to Harpy when HMS Loire (38), HMS Danae (20) and HMS Railleur came up.

1804

HMS Eclair (10), Lt. Carr, engaged French privateer Grand Decide (22) off Tortola.

1807

HMS Blenheim (90), Cptn. Austen Bissell, Vice Ad. Sir Thomas Troubridge, and HMS Java (32), Cptn. George Pigot, lost during a gale off the island of Rodriguez, India Ocean.

1809

HMS Carrier Cutter (10), Lt. Robert Ramsey, was wrecked on the French coast.

1836

HMS Pike (14) wrecked on Pelican Reef in Jamaica.

Edited February 5, 2014 by Kevin

[Kevin]

6th February

 

 

1799

HMS Argo (44), Capt James Bowen, captured Spanish frigate  Santa Teresa (34) off Majorca.

1800

HMS Loire (40), Cptn. James N. Newman, HMS Danae (20), Cptn. Lord Proby, HMS Railleur (20), Cptn Turquand, HMS Fairy (16) and HMS Harpy (18), Henry Bazely, captured French frigate Pallas (38) off Cape Frehel 

1806

British aquadron of 7 ships of the line, two frigates and two brigs, under Vice Ad. Sir John Thomas Duckworth, defeated French squadron of five ships of the line, two frigates and a corvette, under Vice-Admiral Corentin Urbain Leissègues, off St. Domingo.

1810

End of campaign with final capture of Guadaloupe by Britsh fleet, under Rear Ad. Sir Alexander Cochrane, of HMS Pompee (80), Capt. George Cockburn, and consorts.

1862

Union gunboat squadron captures Fort Henry, Tennessee River 

[st george]

1819 - Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds freeport harbor Singapore.

1832 - US ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy.

1836 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Land (Tasmania).

1861 - British Vice-Admiral Robert Fitzroy issues first storm warnings for ships.

1862 - American Civil Was; naval engagement on Tennessee River-USS Conestago vs CSS Appleton Belle.

1922 - US, UK, France, Italy & Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation.

1933 - Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 112 feet, in Pacific hurricane.

[Kevin]

7th February 

 

 

1758

Cptn. Samuel Hood joined HMS Vestal (32).

1793

Cptn. Horatio Nelson joins HMS Agamemnon (64).

1800

USS Essex becomes first U.S. Navy vessel to cross the Equator. 

1808

HMS Decouverte (8) drove ashore a privateer.

1810

HMS Achates (10), Thomas Pinto, wrecked at Guadeloupe.

1813

HMS Amelia (38), Cptn. Frederick Paul Irby, engaged French frigate Arethuse (46), Capt. Bouvet, off Sierra Leone

1829

HMS Nightingale (8), Lt. George Wood, wrecked on the Shingles

[Kevin]

From on this day 1793  Cptn. Horatio Nelson joins HMS Agamemnon (64).

 

HMS Agamemnon (1781)   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Agamemnon_(1781)

 

Under Nelson

In anticipation of the start of Britain's involvement in the French Revolutionary War after the execution of King Louis XVI, Agamemnon was recommissioned on 31 January 1793. She was placed under the command of Captain Horatio Nelson, and after provisioning joined the fleet lying at anchor at the Nore. She subsequently sailed to join the Mediterranean fleet under Vice-Admiral Hood, which was blockading the French port of Toulon.^[2] On 27 August the town of Toulon declared its allegiance to the Royalist Bourbon cause, and Hood's fleet moved in to take control of the naval dockyard and the 30 French ships of the line that were in the harbour. After capturing 19 of the ships, Agamemnon was sent to Naples to ask King Ferdinand IV for reinforcements with which to secure the town; he agreed to provide 4,000 men. When the revolutionary army, commanded by Napoleon Buonaparte, launched its assault against Toulon, the troops proved insufficient to hold it, and they were forced to abandon the town.^[10]

In April and May 1794, seamen from Agamemnon, led by Nelson, helped capture the Corsican town of Bastia. The French surrendered on 21 May, after a 40-day siege. After this action, Agamemnon was forced to sail to Gibraltar to undergo urgent repairs, the ship having become very worn out after just 16 months at sea, despite having undergone a fairly extensive refit just prior to being recommissioned.^[2] Upon completion of her repairs, Agamemnon returned to Corsica, anchoring south ofCalvi on 18 June.^[10] After Hood arrived with additional ships, Agamemnon contributed guns and men to the 51-day siege of Calvi, during which time Nelson lost the sight in his right eye when a French shot kicked sand and grit into his face. The town surrendered on 10 August, Agamemnon having lost six men in the engagement.^[11] Shortly thereafter the inhabitants of Corsica declared themselves to be subjects of His Majesty King George III.^[12]

Agamemnon, still with the Mediterranean fleet—now under Vice-Admiral William Hotham, who had superseded Hood in December 1794—participated in the Battle of Genoa when a French fleet, comprising 15 ships of the line, was sighted on 10 March 1795. Three days later, the French having shown no signs that they were willing to give battle, Admiral Hotham ordered a general chase. The French ship Ça Iralost her fore and main topmasts when she ran into one of the other ships of the French fleet, Victoire, allowing HMS Inconstant to catch up with and engage her. Agamemnon and Captain came up to assist soon after, and continued firing into the 80-gun French ship until the arrival of more French ships led to Admiral Hotham signalling for the British ships to retreat. Ça Ira was captured the following day, along with Censeur, which was towing her, by Captain and Bedford.^[11][12]

On 7 July 1795, whilst in company with a small squadron of frigates, Agamemnon was chased by a French fleet of 22 ships of the line and 6 frigates. Due to adverse winds, Admiral Hotham was unable to come to her aid until the following day, and the French fleet was sighted again on 13 July, off the Hyères Islands. Hotham signalled for his 23 ships of the line to give chase, and in the ensuing Battle of the Hyères Islands, Agamemnon was one of the few Royal Navy ships to engage the enemy fleet.^[a] The French ship Alcide struck her colours during the battle, only to catch fire and sink. Many of the other French ships were in a similar condition; Agamemnon and Cumberland were manoeuvring to attack a French 80-gun ship when Admiral Hotham signalled his fleet to retreat, allowing the French to escape into the Gulf of Fréjus.^[12] Admiral Hotham was later greatly criticised for calling off the battle, and was relieved as Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean by Admiral Sir John Jervis at the end of the year.^[13]

Nelson was promoted to Commodore on 11 March, and on 10 June 1796 transferred his pennant to HMS Captain, Captain John Samuel Smith replacing him as Agamemnon's commander. Having been deemed in great need of repair, the ship then returned to England.^[13]

Edited February 7, 2014 by Kevin

[flying_dutchman2]

February 7th.

 

1815 - The Board of Naval Commissioners, a group of senior officers, is established to oversee the operation and maintenance of the Navy, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy.

1955 - Seventh Fleet ships begin evacuation of Chinese nationalists from Tachen Islands

1965 - In response to a Viet Cong attack on barracks area at Pleiku, South Vietnam, aircraft from carriers, USS Coral Sea, USS Hancock, and USS Ranger attack North Vietnamese area near Donghoi.

[Kevin]

8th February

 

 

1794

HMS Fortitude (74), Cptn. William Young, and HMS Juno (32) engaged tower on Mortella Point, Corsica an event which eventually led to the construction of 'Martello' towers on the south coast of England.

1804

HMS Hussar (38), Cptn. Philip Wilkinson, struck on the southernmost part of the Saintes, beat over the rocks, carrying away the rudder and was bilged. Burnt to prevent capture.

1805

HMS Curieux (18), George Edmund Byron Bettesworth, captured French privateer brig Dame Ernouf (16) some 60 miles east of Barbados.

1808

Boats of HMS Meleager (36), Cptn. John Broughton, captured French felucca-rigged privateer  Renard. off the port of San-Jago de Cuba.

1809

HMS Amphion (32), Cptn. William Hoste, and HMS Redwing (18), Edward Augustus Down, destroyed stores and took two prizes at Meleda, Adriatic.

1813

Boats of HMS Belvidera (36), Cptn. Richard Byron, HMS Maidstone, HMS Junon (38), Cptn. James Sanders, and HMS Statira (38), Cptn. Hassard Stackpoole, took American letter of marque Lottery (6)

[flying_dutchman2]

1862 - Joint amphibious force capture Roanoke Island, key to Albemarle Sound.

1890 - USS Omaha sailors and marines assist Hodogary, Japan in subduing large fire.

1744 - French/Spanish fleet leaves Toulon.

[Kevin]

9th February 

 

 

1692

HMS Crown Prize (26) lost outside the entrance to Dartmouth Harbour.

1707

HMS Hastings (32), Cptn. Francis Vaughan, capsized off Yarmouth

1746

HMS Portland (50), Cptn. Charles Stevens, captured French Auguste (50) off Scilly

1799

USS Constellation, (38) Cptn. Thomas Truxtun, captures French l'Insurgente (36), Captain Barreaut, off the island of Nevis.

HMS Daedalus (32), Cptn. Henry Lidgbird Ball, captured Prudente (38) near the Cape of Good Hope.

1808

HMS Decouverte (8), Lt. Colin Campbell, captured French armed schooner Dorade (3), Cptn. Netley, off St. Domingo.

[flying_dutchman2]

February 9th

 

1943 - Organized Japanese resistance on Guadalcanal ends.

1744 - Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Adm Matthews)

[Kevin]

10th February 

 

1809

HMS Horatio (44), Cptn. George Scott, and HMS Latona (38), Cptn. Hugh Pigot, captured Junon (40), Cptn. Rousseau (Killed in Action), off the Virgin Islands

1810

HMS Thistle (8), Lt. Peter Proctor, captured Dutch national corvette Havik (10), Lt. Stirling.

1811

News received in England of the capture of the Isles of Bourbon and France, with their dependencies, and the capture or extirpation of the enemy's entire naval force in those seas, by Major-general Abercrombie, and Commodore Rowley.

1862

Union gunboats destroy Confederate ships at Elizabeth City, NC 

[flying_dutchman2]

February 10

60 - St Paul thought to have been shipwrecked at Malta

1900 - Appointment of first naval governor of Guam, Commodore Seaton Schroder.

1960 - USS Sargo (SSN-583) surfaces at North Pole.

[Kevin]

11th February 

 

 

1744

British Fleet of 30 ships of the line, under Admiral Thomas Mathews, engaged Franco-Spanish fleet of 27 ships of the line, under Juan José Navarro, off Toulon. 

1778

HMS Liverpool (28), Cptn. Henry Bellew, driven ashore near Jamaica Bay, Long Island, in thick weather and a heavy sea while taking dispatches from the Delaware to New York

1796

HMS Leda (36) foundered off Madeira

[flying_dutchman2]

February 11

 

1862 - SecNav directs formation of organization to evaluate new inventions and technical development which eventually led to National Academy of Science.

1971 - U.S. and USSR sign a treaty prohibiting the deployment of nuclear weapons on the ocean floor.

 

Death

1160 - Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Japanese general (b. 1123)

[Kevin]

12th February 

 

 

1793

HMS Alligator (28), Cptn. William Affleck, captures the French privateer Sans Peur in the North Sea

1807

HMS Atalante (16), Lt. John Bowker, wrecked when running aground on La Grande Blanche, Island of Rhe, France.

1811

HMS Cerberus (32), Cptn. Henry Whitby, and HMS Active (38), Cptn. James Alexander Gordon, take or destroy, under the town of Ortano, Italy, a Venetian trabaccolo and 9 transports.

Edited February 12, 2014 by Kevin

[flying_dutchman2]

February 12

 

1502 - Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal on his second voyage to India.

1709 - Alexander Selkirk, Scottish seaman is rescued after 4+ years from Fernandez Island (inspiration for Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe").

1762 - British fleet occupies Martinique.

1945 - USS Batfish (SS-310) sinks second Japanese submarine within three days.

1947 - First launching of guided missile (Loon) from a submarine, USS Cusk.

[st george]

1907 – Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, estimated 150 died.

1909 – New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SS Penguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to   Wellington Harbour.

1946 – Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.

[Kevin]

13th February

 

 

1801

HMS Success (32), Cptn. Shuldham Peard, captured by French squadron under  Rear Ad. Gantheaume near Toulon

1808

Boats of HMS Confiance (20), Cptn. James Lucas Yeo, cut out a French gunboat, Enseigne Gaudolphe, off the Tagus.

HMS Bassora  Brig (12), James Violet, wrecked near Carthagena.

1811

HMS Pandora (18), John Macpherson Ferguson, struck the Scaw Reef off Jutland and was wrecked.

1812

HMS Apollo (38), Cptn. Bridges W. Taylor, took French frigate-built storeship Merinos (20).

1814

HMS Boyne (98), Cptn. Burton, and HMS Caledonia (120), Cptn. Jeremiah Coghlan, engaged Romulus andAdrienne off Toulon

Island of Paxo surrendered to HMS Apollo (38), Capt. Bridges W. Taylor, and troops.

1854

Admiral Perry anchors off Yokosuka, Japan to receive Emperor's reply to treaty proposal 

[flying_dutchman2]

February 13

 

1601 - John Lancaster leads first East India Company voyage from London

1913 - Naval Radio Station, Arlington, VA begins operations

1945 - First naval units enter Manila Bay since 1942

1968 - Operation Coronado XI begins in Mekong Delta

[st george]

1782 - French fleet occupies St. Christopher.

1994 - Ship disaster near Ranong Thailand, kills 200.

[Kevin]

14th February 

 

1760

HMS Ramillies (90) driven ashore and wrecked in what is today Ramillies Cove near Salcombe, Devon

1778

John Paul Jones in Ranger receives first official salute to U.S. Stars and Strips flag by European country, at Quiberon, France.

1779

Captain Cook killed

1797

Battle of Cape St. Vincent. British fleet, under Sir John Jervis, defeated Spanish fleet, under Jose de Cordoba

1805

HMS San Fiorenzo (38), Cptn. Henry Lambert, captured French frigate Psyche, Capt. Bergeret, off Vishakhapatnam in the Indian Ocean.

1807

HMS Bacchante (22), Cptn. James R. Dacres, and HMS Mediator (44), Cptn. William Furlong Wise, captured the French national schooner Dauphin (3) off Cape Raphael and used her to to get the ships into and attack her home port of Samana, St Domingo. The fort was carried and destroyed and 2 privateers and 2 prizes in the harbour were taken.

HMS Ajax (74), Cptn. Henry Blackwood, burnt by accident off the Island of Tenedos in the Dardanelles.

1810

HMS Rainbow (28) and HMS Avon (18), Henry Fraser, engaged French frigate Nereide (44)

1813

USS Essex becomes first U.S. warship to round Cape Horn and enter the Pacific Ocean.

Boats of HMS Bacchante (38), Cptn. William Hoste, captured French gunboat Alcinous (2) taken off Otranto with eight trading vessels under her convoy.

1814

USS Constitution (44), Cptn. Charles Stewart, captured HMS Pictou schooner (16) and armerd merchantLovely Ann. Pictou was destroyed.

Edited February 14, 2014 by Kevin

[flying_dutchman2]

February 14

1630 - Dutch fleet of 69 ships reaches Pernambuco, Brazil

1840 - Officers from USS Vincennes make first landing in Antarctica on floating ice

[Kevin]

15th February 

 

 

1775

HMS Halifax schooner (10) wrecked. 

1793

HM Brig Sloop Childers (16), Robert Barlow, captures the French privateer Patriote near Gravelines in the first capture of the Revolutionay War

1808

HMS Raposo gun-brig, Lt. James Violett, burnt to avoid capture near Carthagena.

1809

HMS Belle Poule (38), Cptn. James Brisbane, captured French frigate Var (26) in the Gulf of Valona, Adriatic

1811

HMS Amethyst  (36), Cptn. Jacob Walton,  driven ashore and wrecked on Cony Cliffs, Plymouth Sound, by a violent gust of wind.

[flying_dutchman2]

My extended naval history facts which will keep you reading.

 

February 15

 

1856 - USS Supply, commanded by LT David Dixon Porter, sails from Smyrna, Syria, bound for Indianola, Texas, with a load of 21 camels intended for experimental use in the American desert west of the Rockies.

1898 - U.S. battleship Maine blows up in Havana Harbor.

1940 - President Roosevelt embarks in heavy cruiser Tuscaloosa (CA-37) at Pensacola, Florida, for a cruise to Panama and the west coast of Central America to discuss Pan-American defense and to inspect the Panama Canal.

Destroyer Goff (DD-247) collides with and sinks harbor tug Wicomico (YT-26) in Hampton Roads, off Naval Operating Base, Norfolk. Goff, her bow damaged in the mishap, rescues Wicomico's 11-man crew.

 

WWII

1941 - Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, T.H., is established, Commander Harold M. Martin in command.

1942 - Pacific

Singapore surrenders to the Japanese.

Japanese army paratroops secure vital oil refineries at Palembang, on southeast Sumatra, N.E.I.; enemy capture of this territory establishes sea and air control of the Karimata Channel and Gaspar Strait.

 

Having proceeded through Gaspar Strait to the north of Banka and failed to contact the Japanese force (which has already reached Banka Strait), ABDA striking force (Rear Admiral Karel W.F.M. Doorman, RNN) is attacked by Japanese naval land attack planes (Genzan, Mihoro, and Kanoya Kokutais) as well as carrier attack planes from carrier Ryujo. Australian light cruiser HMAS Hobart is straddled, while near misses damage U.S. destroyers Barker (DD-213) and Bulmer (DD-222), which will need to retire to Australia for repairs.

 

U.S. Army transport Meigs, U.S. freighters Mauna Loa and Portmar, and Australian coaster Tulagi, escorted by heavy cruiser Houston (CA-30), destroyer Peary (DD-226) and Australian corvettes HMAS Swan and HMAS Warrego sails from Darwin, Australia, for Timor (see 16 and 19 February).

 

Atlantic

Brazilian steamship Buarque is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-432 30 miles southwest of Cape Henry, 36°35'N, 75°20'W (see 16 February).

 

U.S. tanker Point Breeze suffers explosion in engine room that damages steering gear, forcing the ship to go around off Throggs Neck, New York; one man is killed and one is blown overboard. Point Breeze later floats free and is towed to New York for repairs.

 

1943 - Pacific

Joint air command designated Aircraft, Solomons (Rear Admiral Charles P. Mason) is established with headquarters at Guadalcanal.

Submarine Gato (SS-212) sinks Japanese stores ship Suruga Maru in Bougainville Strait, 06°27'S, 156°02'E.

 

Submarine Pickerel (SS-177) attacks Japanese convoy, sinking cargo vessel Tateyama Maru off the east coast of Honshu, 39°18'S, 142°08'E.

 

USAAF aircraft sink Japanese cargo ship Kokoku Maru in the Bismarck Sea, 05°32'S, 150°09'E.

 

Atlantic

U.S. tanker Atlantic Sun, straggling from convoy ON 165, is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-607, 150 miles off Cape Race, 51°00'N, 41°00'W; other than one deckhand rescued by U-607, all hands (45 merchant sailors, a 19-man Armed Guard and one passenger) perish with the ship.

 

1944 - Pacific

TF 31 (Rear Admiral Theodore S. Wilkinson) lands Third New Zealand Division (Major General H. E. Barraclough) on Green Island, east off New Ireland. TF 38 (Rear Admiral Walden C. Ainsworth) (two light cruisers and five destroyers) covers the operation from the south; TF 39 (Rear Admiral Aaron S. Merrill) (two light cruisers and five destroyers) from the north and east; Solomons-based aircraft also operate in support. During Japanese air attack on invasion shipping, tank landing ship LST-486 is damaged by near-miss of bomb off Green Island.

Naval aircraft from Abemama, Gilbert Islands, bomb Wake Island.

 

Submarine Aspro (SS-309) sinks Japanese submarine I-43, transporting sailors from the Sasebo Special Landing Force to Truk, 280 miles east-southeast of Guam, 10°23'N, 150°23'E.

 

Submarine Gato (SS-212) sinks Japanese guardboat No.3 Taiyo Maru off Rabaul, New Britain, 04°00'N, 150°10'E.

 

Submarine Snook (SS-283) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship No.2 Hoshi Maru off south coast of Korea, 34°23'N, 128°23'E.

 

Submarine Steelhead (SS-280) damages Japanese cargo ship Enju Maru 110 miles from Chichi Jima.

 

Submarine Tinosa (SS-283) attacks Japanese convoy east of Mindanao, P.I., sinking army cargo ship Odatsuki Maru east of Dinagat Island, 09°30'N, 127°00'E (see 16 February 1944).

 

British submarine HMS Tally Ho sinks German-manned Italian cargo submarine UIT-23, 04°53'N, 100°15'E.

 

USAAF B-25s and A-20s damage auxiliary netlayer Matsu Maru at Rabaul.

 

USAAF B-25s (14th Air Force) sink Vichy French patrol craft Ping Sang off Hongay, French Indochina, 21°00'N, 107°22'E.

 

Mine laid by 14th Air Force B-24s on 10 February sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Ryoka Maru off entrance to Yangtze River, 31°16'N, 121°46'E; a mine also sinks merchant cargo ship Hoshi Maru off south coast of Korea, 34°27'N, 128°45'E;

 

Mediterranean

Off Anzio, destroyer escort Herbert C. Jones (DE-137) is damaged by radio-controlled bomb, 41°27'N, 12°35'E, and large infantry landing craft LCI(L)-2 is damaged by mine, 41°24'N, 12°43'E. Bomb holes freighter Elihu Yale; the explosion start fires that spread to tank landing craft LCT-35 alongside, destroying that vessel as well. Firefighting efforts by fleet tug Hopi (ATF-71) ultimately prove successful but Elihu Yale is later written off as a total loss. Two of the 40-man Armed Guard perish in the attack, as do three of the 45-man merchant complement and seven of the 182 stevedores working cargo. Tank landing craft LCT-152 rescues survivors from Elihu Yale and LCT-35.

 

 

1945 - Pacific

TG 78.3 (Rear Admiral Arthur D. Struble) lands army forces (151st Infantry RCT and 3d Battalion, 34th RCT) in the Mariveles Harbor area of Bataan Peninsula, Luzon; the troops encounter only light opposition andquickly secure the town and the nearby airfield. Medium landing ship LSM-169 is damaged by mine off Mariveles; motor minesweeper YMS-46 is damaged by shore battery, 14°23'N, 120°36'E.

TF 58 planes sink Japanese guardboats No.3 Choyo Maru and No.2 Santoku Maru off southern Japan, 30°00''N, 141°00'E, and 30°00'N, 143°00'E, respectively.

 

Aircraft damage Japanese fast transport T.16 off Iwo Jima.

 

Japanese auxiliary minesweeper No.3 Taihei Maru is damaged by aircraft off Yonaguni Island.