30 May 1945
- USS Blenny reported sinking a small Japanese craft with the deck gun in the morning and a transport with torpedoes in the afternoon. ww2dbase [Blenny | CPC]
- US P-47 aircraft from Ie Shima attacked Japanese shipping and the lighthouse at Amami Oshima, which was part of the Ryukyu Islands north of Okinawa, Japan. ww2dbase [Okinawa Campaign | CPC]
- USS Croaker attacked a small Japanese convoy consisted of three small oilers and an armed escort; firing a total of 21 torpedoes, 3 of them made contact, and she claimed to have sunk two oilers and the escort vessel, but the sinkings were not confirmed. ww2dbase [Croaker | CPC]
- USS Chub attacked a Japanese convoy in the Java Sea; both torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Chub | CPC]
- USS Ray sank a small Japanese patrol vessel west of Japan with her deck gun. ww2dbase [Ray | CPC]
- The remainder of General Seiei Yamamoto's troops in Burma was effectively wiped out. ww2dbase [Battle of Rangoon | CPC]
- Gao Youxin, flying a P-51 Mustang fighter, led 15 others for a fighter sweep over Nanjing, China. He was credited with one victory, a Ki-43-II aircraft. ww2dbase [Gao Youxin | Nanjing | CPC]
- French guns shelled the centre of Damascus in Syria-Lebanon, damaging the Syrian government building and Government House. In addition there was much street fighting between French and Syrian troops. That evening General Charles de Gaulle ordered a cease fire; some hours prior Winston Churchill sent him a note demanding an immediate French cease fire and return to barracks. ww2dbase [Damascus, Syria | AC]
- Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay arrived at Apra Harbor, Guam. Composite Squadron VC-90 aboard Steamer Bay was relieved and Composite Squadron VC-93 came aboard. ww2dbase [Steamer Bay | Apra Harbor | DS]
- Submarines USS Silversides, USS Quillback, and USS Redfin departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii bound for Saipan in the Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Silversides | Redfin | Quillback | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]
- USS Bergall attacked a group of small Japanese vessels in the Gulf of Thailand with her deck gun, sinking seven. ww2dbase [Bergall | Gulf of Thailand | CPC]
- Allied convoy RA-67, the last returning Allied arctic convoy, arrived at Clyde, Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Clyde, Scotland | CPC]
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