Key WWII events - June 1945

American forces capture Okinawa
American forces recapture Luzon
Australian forces land on Borneo
Japanese resistance ends on Mindanao
Japanese convoy routes Moji-Tsintao, Moji-Dairen & Moji-Shanghai via diversion through Yellow Sea abandoned

American carrier Hornet with collapsed flight deck after typhoon

	Axis		Jun-45	Allied
		Total	Class	Total
0	0	0	Battleships	35	20	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1
0	0	0	Fleet Carriers	14	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	Light Carriers	13	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	2	2	Heavy Cruisers	29	14	7	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
0	3	3	Light Cruisers	81	34	29	6	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
8	13	13	Destroyers	567	348	134	12	16	11	0	4	2	4	5	5	2	15	2	6	7
4	31	31	Submarines	418	231	121	18	0	0	0	2	11	2	3	4	1	3	4	9	9
0	2	2	Escort Carriers	99	60	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	137	137	Escorts	1114	453	408	33	174	8	2	2	1	4	9	14	0	1	0	2	3
3	2	2	Other	71	50	6	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	3

Class
Battleships	0	3	0	0	0	0
Fleet Carriers	0	0	0	0	0	0
Light Carriers	0	0	0	0	0	0
Heavy Cruisers	0	6	0	0	0	1
Light Cruisers	8	2	0	1	0	5
Destroyers	17	49	2	24	5	16
Submarines	28	154	0	26	4	5
Escort Carriers	0	0	0	0	0	0
Escorts	15	14	0	2	0	0
Other	0	0	0	7	0	0

Allied and Axis Naval Losses

Contains the lost and damaged (and therefore out of action) warships by country.
These are changes that happen during the month and figures will be reflected in the following month's tables.

Allied Losses

	Lost	Report
Twiggs	Destroyer	Damaged by torpedo from Japanese aircraft & Kamikaze strike, W of Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa. She was on radar picket duty when she was attacked. Torpedo hit her port side & her number 2 magazine exploded. The aircraft then circled about before diving into her, 152 dead, 182 survivors 16/06/1945
William D Porter	Destroyer	Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike by Aichi D3A aircraft missed ship but exploded under ship, off Okinawa no dead 10/04/1945
Bonefish	Submarine	Depth charged by Japanese warship Okinawa, Kaibokan No 63, No 75, No. 158 & No. 207, in the Sea of Japan. Major oil slick & debris on the surface confirmed her loss, 80 dead, 0 survivors 37.18N 137.55E 18/06/1945
Salute	Minesweeper	Mined off Brunei 05.08N 115.05E 08/06/1945
Barry	Transport	Sunk by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike ship was an abandoned hulk used as a decoy off Okinawa 21/06/1945
	Damaged	Report
Hornet	Carrier	Damaged by typhoon off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa, forward part of the flight deck collapsed 04/06/1945
Bennington	Carrier	Damaged by typhoon off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa 05/06/1945. Arrived for repair at Leyte 12/06/1945
Baltimore	Cruiser	Damaged by typhoon, of Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa. Ship's observation aircraft washed overboard & bow buckled 05/06/1944. Withdrawn for repair 11/06/1945
Louisville	Cruiser	Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike, off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa 05/06/1945. Withdrawn for repair at Pearl Harbor 15/06/1945
Pittsburgh	Cruiser	Damaged by typhoon, off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa. Ship's aircraft is lifted of its catapult & smashed onto the deck. Later her bow is pushed upwards & broken off. Her crew shored up her bow bulkheads & after storm she made 6 knots heading for Guam 04/06/1945. Arrived at Guam for temporary repair 10/06/1945. Departed Guam with false bow 24/06/1945. Arrived Puget Sound Navy Yard for repair 16/07/1945
Duluth	Cruiser	Damaged by typhoon off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa. Ship bow suffered severe structural damage & had to return to Guam 05/06/1945
Phoenix	Cruiser	Damaged by bomb near miss from Japanese aircraft, off the NW coast of New Guinea. Bomb fragments damaged her hull causing leaks in her hull & damaging her proprellers, 1 dead, 4 injured 04/06/1945. Ship remained operational
San Juan	Cruiser	Damaged by typhoon off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa 05/06/1945
Blue	Destroyer	Damaged by typhoon, off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa 05/06/1945. Arrived for repair at Leyte 10/07/1945
Samuel N Moore	Destroyer	Damaged by typhoon, off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa 05/06/1945
Anthony	Destroyer	Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike, whilst on radar picket duty, off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa. Kamikaze under heavy gunfire crashed into the sea near her port side. A 25' hole was blown in her hull & 5 men were blown into the water. They were recovered from the sea later 07/06/1945. Withdrawn for repair 24/07/1945
Conklin	Destroyer	Damaged by typhoon off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa 05/06/1945
Natoma Bay	Escort Carrier	Damaged by Japanese Mitsubishi Zero Kamikaze aircraft strike & bomb, off Okinawa. Kamikaze struck her flight deck making a 20' x 12' hole in her deck. Bomb damaged the focsle & anchor windlass & causing fires in the hanger deck, 4 dead 07/06/1945. Ship returned to operational duty 08/06/1945. Withdrawn for repair & departed to Guam 20/06/1945. Arrived for repair San Diego 19/08/1945
Conklin	Destroyer Escort	Damaged by Typhoon, off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa 05/06/1945
Gendreau	Destroyer Escort	Damaged by gunfire from Japanese 150 mm shore battery, off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa. She was supporting American forces ashore, when she was hit by a hidden Japanese shore battery, 2 dead, 2 injured 10/06/1945
J William Ditter	Destroyer Minelayer	Damaged by 2 Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike, off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa, whilst in company with American warship Harry F Bauer. First Kamikaze struck the ship on her port side, hitting her second funnel. Second Kamikaze struck her port side amidships & lost all power 06/06/1945. Towed by American Navy tug Ute to Kerama Retto 07/06/1945. Not repaired but decommissioned 28/09/1945.
Harry F Bauer	Destroyer Minelayer	Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike, off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa, whilst in company with American warship J William Ditter. Kamikaze struck the ship amidships flooding a number of her compartments 06/06/1945. Ship escorted J William Ditter being towed by American Navy tug Ute to Kerama Retto 07/06/1945
Lyman	Destroyer Escort	Damaged by Typhoon, off Okinawa, during the Battle of Okinawa 05/06/1945

Axis Losses

	Lost	Report
Ashigara	Cruiser	Torpedoed by British submarine Trenchant, 14 miles WSW of Muntok Island, Banka Strait. Ship was hit by 5 torpedoes & wrecked. She soon capsized & sank 01.59S 104.56E 08/06/1945
I-165	Submarine	Depth charged by American Lockheed PV-2 aircraft, 480 miles E of Saipan. Boat was hit by 3 x 350lbs depth charges. An oil slick, wood debris & 2 Kaiten were all that was left on the surface after attack, 106 dead, 0 survivors 15.28N 153.39E 27/06/1945
I-122	Submarine Training	Torpedoed by American submarine Skate, 6 miles off Cape Rukugo Misaki Lighthouse, in the Sea of Japan. Boat was on training mission when she was hit on the surface by 2 torpedoes 37.29N 137.25E 10/06/1945
Enoki	Destroyer Escort	Mined in shallow water off Obama 35.28N 135.44E 26/06/1945
CD 041	Escort	Torpedoed by American submarine Sea Owl SE of Mokpo, Korea 34.18N 127.18E 09/06/1945
	Damaged	Report
Yoizuki	Destroyer	Damaged by mine whilst leaving Kure 05/06/1945
Natsuzuki	Destroyer	Damaged by mine off coast of Japan 16/06/1945
Nara	Destroyer Escort	Damaged by a mine 6 miles WSW of Shimonoseki 33.54N 130.49E, ship towed to harbour 30/06/1945
	Lost	Report
U-1277	Submarine	Boat heard Grand Admiral Donitz surrender order in the North Atlantic 04/05/1945. Scuttled in the North Atlantic at Capo de Mundo near Oporto, in contravention of the surrender terms, 0 dead, 47 survivors 41.09N 08.41W 03/06/1945. Crew interned by Portuguese authorities, handed over to British warship at Lisbon, crew spent 3 years as POW before return to Germany

Neutral Losses

No neutral losses this month

Commissioned - Details ships newly commissioned during the month.

Allied Commissioned

	Class	Builder	Launched	Armament	Armour	Speed	Tons	Crew
Boston	Heavy Cruiser	Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, MA	Jun 1945	9 x 8"; 12 x 5"; 48 x 40 mm; 4 aircraft	6"-4"	33	13600	2039
Columbus	Heavy Cruiser	Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, MA	Nov 1944	9 x 8"; 12 x 5"; 48 x 40 mm; 4 aircraft	6"-4"	33	13600	2039
Little Rock	Light Cruiser	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, PA	Aug 1944	12 x 6"; 12 x 5"; 28 x 40 mm; 10 x 20 mm; 4 aircraft	5"-3.5"	32.5	11931	1285
Portsmouth	Light Cruiser	Newport News Shipbuilding Co, Newport, VA	Sep 1944	12 x 6"; 12 x 5"; 28 x 40 mm; 10 x 20 mm; 4 aircraft	5"-3.5"	32.5	11931	1285
Bordelon	Destroyer	Consolidated Steel, Orange, TX	Mar 1945	6 x 5"; 12 x 40 mm; 11 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT		36.8	2616	336
Charles P Cecil	Destroyer	Union Iron Works, Bath, ME	Apr 1945	6 x 5"; 12 x 40 mm; 11 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT		36.8	2616	336
Eugene A Greene	Destroyer	Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny, NJ	Mar 1945	6 x 5"; 12 x 40 mm; 11 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT		36.8	2616	336
Harold J Ellison	Destroyer	Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island, NY	Mar 1945	6 x 5"; 12 x 40 mm; 11 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT		36.8	2616	336
McKean	Destroyer	Todd Co, Tacoma, WA	Mar 1945	6 x 5"; 12 x 40 mm; 11 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT		36.8	2616	336
Norris	Destroyer	Bethlehem Steel, San Pedro, CA	Feb 1945	6 x 5"; 12 x 40 mm; 11 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT		36.8	2616	336
Turner	Destroyer	Union Iron Works, Bath, ME	Apr 1945	6 x 5"; 12 x 40 mm; 11 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT		36.8	2616	336
Clamagore	Submarine	Electric Boat Co, Groton, CT	Feb 1945	1 x 5"; 1 x 40 mm; 1 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT		20.25	1525	80
Ling	Submarine	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, PA	Aug 1943	1 x 5"; 1 x 40 mm; 2 x 0.5"; 10 x 21" TT		20.25	1525	80
Menhaden	Submarine	Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Manatowoc, WI	Dec 1944	1 x 5"; 1 x 40 mm; 1 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT		20.25	1525	80
Sabalo	Submarine	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, PA	Jun 1944	1 x 5"; 1 x 40 mm; 2 x 0.5"; 10 x 21" TT		20.25	1525	80
Sea Leopard	Submarine	Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH	Mar 1945	1 x 5"; 1 x 40 mm; 1 x 20 mm; 10 x 21" TT		20.25	1570	80
Puget Sound	Escort Carrier	Todd Co, Tacoma, WA	Nov 1944	2 x 5"; 36 x 40 mm; 20 x 20 mm; 33 aircraft		19	10330	1066
Rizzi	Destroyer Escort	Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA	Dec 1943	2 x 5"; 4 x 40 mm; 10 x 20 mm; 1 Hedgehog; 3 x 21" TT		23	1430	156
Wesson	Destroyer Escort	Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny, NJ	Oct 1943	3 x 3"; 2 x 40 mm; 10 x 20 mm; 1 Hedgehog; 3 x 21" TT		21	1253	186
Kleinsmith	Amphibious Landing Ship	Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City, MI	Jan 1945	1 x 5"; 6 x 40 mm; 6 x 20 mm; DC 2; 4 LCVP; 162 troops		23.6	1430	156
Carmick	Minesweeper	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co. Seattle, WA	Mar 1942	4 x 5"; 4 x 40 mm; 7 x 20 mm; 5 x 21" TT		35	1839	208
Davison	Minesweeper	Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny, NJ	Jul 1942	4 x 5"; 4 x 40 mm; 7 x 20 mm; 5 x 21" TT		35	1839	208
Doyle	Minesweeper	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co. Seattle, WA	Mar 1942	4 x 5"; 4 x 40 mm; 7 x 20 mm; 5 x 21" TT		35	1839	208
Earle	Minesweeper	Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA	Dec 1941	4 x 5"; 4 x 40 mm; 7 x 20 mm; 5 x 21" TT		35	1839	208
Quick	Minesweeper	Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny, NJ	May 1942	4 x 5"; 4 x 40 mm; 7 x 20 mm; 5 x 21" TT		35	1839	208
Thompson	Minesweeper	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co. Seattle, WA	Aug 1942	4 x 5"; 4 x 40 mm; 7 x 20 mm; 5 x 21" TT		35	1839	208
Bowers	Transport	Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco, CA	Oct 1943	1 x 5"; 6 x 40 mm; 6 x 20 mm; 2 x DC racks; 4 x LCVP; 162 troops		23	1432	186
	Class	Builder	Launched	Armament	Armour	Speed	Tons	Crew
Camperdown	Destroyer	Fairfield Shipbuilding Co, Govan	Feb 1944	4 x 4.5"; 8 x 40 mm ; 8 x 21" TT		35.75	3300	247
Comet	Destroyer	Yarrow & Co, Glasgow	Jun 1944	4 x 4.5"; 2 x 40 mm ; 4 x 21" TT		36.75	2535	222
Nonsuch	Destroyer	Krupp Germania Works, Kiel	Aug 1941	5 x 150 mm; 4 x 37 mm; 6 x 20 mm; 8 x 21" TT; 60 Mines; 4 DC		36.5	3690	321
Astute	Submarine	Vickers & Armstrong Ltd, Barrow	Jan 1945	1 x 4"; 10 x 21" TT		18.5	1385	61
Saga	Submarine	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	Mar 1945	1 x 4"; 6 x 21" TT		14.75	814	48
Arrowhead	Corvette	Marine Industries Ltd, Sorel, QC	Aug 1940	1 x 4"; 40 DC		16.5	1245	109
Bittersweet	Corvette	Marine Industries Ltd, Sorel, QC	Sep 1940	1 x 4"; 40 DC		16.5	1245	109
Charlock	Corvette	Ferguson Bros, Ltd, Glasgow	Nov 1943	1 x 4"; 40 DC		16.5	1245	109
Eyebright	Corvette	Canadian Vickers Co, Montreal, QC	Feb 1940	1 x 4"; 40 DC		16.5	1245	109
Fennel	Corvette	Marine Industries Ltd, Sorel, QC	Aug 1940	1 x 4"; 40 DC		16.5	1245	109
Hepatica	Corvette	Davie Industries, QC	Feb 1940	1 x 4"; 40 DC		16.5	1245	109
Snowberry	Corvette	Davie Industries, QC	Aug 1940	1 x 4"; 40 DC		16.5	1245	109
Trillium	Corvette	Canadian Vickers Co, Montreal, QC	Jun 1940	1 x 4"; 40 DC		16.5	1245	109
Annan	Frigate	Hall, Russell & Co, Aberdeen	Dec 1943	2 x 4"; 1 x Hedgehog; 150 Mines		20	2180	140
Cardigan Bay	Frigate	Henry Robb Shipbuilding, Leith	Dec 1944	4 x 4"; 2 x 40 mm ; 6 x 20 mm; 1 x Hedgehog; 50 DC		19.5	2420	157
Loch Alvie	Frigate	Barclay, Curle & Co, Glasgow	Jan 1944	1 x 4"; 4 x 2 pdr; 2 squd; 15 DC		19.5	2260	114
Loch Askaig	Frigate	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, Ltd, Dundee	Jun 1945	1 x 4"; 4 x 2 pdr; 2 squd; 15 DC		20	2260	114
Loch Morlich	Frigate	Swan Hunter Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne	Jan 1944	1 x 4"; 4 x 2 pdr; 2 squd; 15 DC		19.5	2260	114
Monnow	Frigate	Charles Hill & Sons Ltd, Bristol	Dec 1943	2 x 4"; 1 x Hedgehog; 150 Mines		20	2180	140
Nene	Frigate	Smith's Dock Co, Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees	Dec 1942	2 x 4"; 1 x Hedgehog; 150 Mines		20	2180	140
Ribble	Frigate	Blyth Shipbuilding, Blyth	Nov 1943	2 x 4"; 1 x Hedgehog; 150 Mines		20	2180	140
St Brides Bay	Frigate	Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast	Jan 1945	4 x 4"; 2 x 40 mm ; 6 x 20 mm; 1 x Hedgehog; 50 DC		19.5	2420	157
Opossum	Sloop	William Denny & Bros, Ltd, Dumbarton	Nov 1944	6 x 4"; 4 x 40 mm ; 110 Mines		20	1880	192
Bramble	Minesweeper	Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow	Jan 1945	1 x 4"; 4 x 40 mm ; 40 DC		16.5	1265	138
Minstrel	Minesweeper	Redfern Construction Co, Toronto, ON	Oct 1944	1 x 4"; 90 DC		16.5	1265	138
	Class	Builder	Launched	Armament	Armour	Speed	Tons	Crew
Iris	Submarine	Dubigeon-Normandie, Nantes	Sep 1934	1 x 3"; 2 x 13.2 mm; 6 x 21.7" TT; 3 x 15.7" TT		14.25	662	42
	Class	Builder	Launched	Armament	Armour	Speed	Tons	Crew
S 018	Submarine	Krasnaya Sormovo Yard, Gorki	Apr 1940	1 x 100 mm; 1 x 45 mm; 1 x 0.303" MG; 6 x 21" TT		18.85	856	45
EK-04	Frigate	Consolidated Steel Corp, Wilmington, CA	May 1943	3 x 3"; 4 x 40 mm ; 9 x 20 mm; 1 Hedgehog; DC		20	1509	190
	Class	Builder	Launched	Armament	Armour	Speed	Tons	Crew
Buctouche	Corvette	GT Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing, Lauzon, QC	Nov 1940	1 x 4"; 40 DC		16.5	900	109
	Class	Builder	Launched	Armament	Armour	Speed	Tons	Crew
Delfni	Submarine	Vickers & Armstrong, Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness	Jul 1944	1 x 3"; 4 x 21" TT		11.25	545	37

Axis Commissioned

	Class	Builder	Launched	Armament	Speed	Tons	Crew
Ha-203	Submarine	Sasebo Naval Dockyard	May 1945	1 x 3.1"; 1 x HMG; 2 x 21" TT	10.5	320	22
Ha-204	Submarine	Sasebo Naval Dockyard		1 x 3.1"; 1 x HMG; 2 x 21" TT	10.5	320	22
Hatsuyume	Destroyer Escort	Maizuru Naval Dockyard	May 1945	3 x 5"; 24 x 25 mm; 4 x 24" TT; 60 DC	27.8	1262	150
CD 227	Escort	Naniwa Dock Co, Osaka		2 x 4.7"; 6 x 25 mm; 120 DC	16.5	745	136

Neutral Commissioned

	Class	Builder	Launched	Armament	Armour	Speed	Tons	Crew
Saga	Submarine	Cammell Laird & Co, Ltd, Birkenhead	Mar 1945	1 x 4"; 6 x 21" TT		14.75	715	48