26 May 1905

Pacific Ocean
  • Kasuga participated in the Battle of Tsushima as the fifth in the line of battle. ww2dbase [Kasuga | Sea of Japan | CPC]
20 Jul 1943

Pacific Ocean
17 Aug 1943

Pacific Ocean
  • USS Wahoo attacked a freighter in the Sea of Japan at 0200 hours; the torpedo missed. At 2200 hours, she attacked another ship, again missing with one torpedo. ww2dbase [Wahoo | Sea of Japan | CPC]
25 Sep 1943

Pacific Ocean
  • USS Wahoo sank freighter Taiko Maru in the Sea of Japan. ww2dbase [Wahoo | Sea of Japan | CPC]
5 Oct 1943

Pacific Ocean
  • USS Wahoo sank freighter Konron Maru in the Sea of Japan off Tsushima, Japan, killing 544. ww2dbase [Wahoo | Sea of Japan | CPC]
9 Jun 1945

Pacific Ocean
  • USS Tunny attacked a cargo vessel in the Sea of Japan; the torpedo hit but failed to explode. ww2dbase [Tunny | Sea of Japan | CPC]
10 Jun 1945

Pacific Ocean
  • USS Skate sank Japanese submarine I-222 in the Sea of Japan. ww2dbase [Skate | Sea of Japan | CPC]
22 Jul 1945

Pacific Ocean
  • The 2,218-ton Japanese merchant cargo ship Katori Maru was sunk by a mine in the Sea of Japan off Niigata, Japan. ww2dbase [Sea of Japan | HM]
27 Jul 1945

Pacific Ocean
  • US submarine USS Pogy (SS-266; Lieutenant Commander J. M. Bowers) sank the 2,449-ton Japanese merchant cargo ship Chikuzen Maru about 90 miles north of Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. Four torpedoes were expended; two hit. ww2dbase [Pogy | Sea of Japan | HM]
30 Jul 1945

Pacific Ocean
  • USS Sennet sank a Japanese transport in the Sea of Japan, hitting her with 2 of 3 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Sennet | Sea of Japan | CPC]

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis




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