14 Jun 1945
- USS Pollack arrived at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States for inactivation. ww2dbase [Pollack | CPC]
- USS Chub sank a Japanese ship in the Java Sea, hitting her with one of five torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Chub | CPC]
- USS Bailey arrived at Morotai, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Bailey | DS]
- A complete Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb was found grounded near Egegik, Alaska. ww2dbase [Fu-Go | Egegik | DS]
- Destroyers USS Waller and USS Saufley and the convoy they were escorting arrived at Brunei Bay, British North Borneo. ww2dbase [Waller | Saufley | Brunei, Borneo | DS]
- Otozo Yamada met with his top Kwangtung Army officers in Xinjing (Changchun), China to plan defenses against a potential Soviet invasion. ww2dbase [Manchurian Strategic Offensive | Otozo Yamada | Changchun, Jilin | CPC]
- Joachim von Ribbentrop was captured in Hamburg, Germany. ww2dbase [Joachim von Ribbentrop | Hamburg | CPC]
- Otto Wünsche suffered an accidental ammunition explosion while in port at Flensburg, Germany. Several crew members were killed. ww2dbase [Otto Wünsche | Flensburg | CPC]
- Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Sasebo, Japan. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Sasebo, Nagasaki | CPC]
- Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay arrived on station in the Okinawa area and began several days of air strikes against Miyako Jima. ww2dbase [Okinawa Campaign | Steamer Bay | Okinawa | DS]
- Andrew Geddes was mentioned in despatches. ww2dbase [Andrew Geddes | CPC]
- USS Archerfish departed San Francisco, California, United States. ww2dbase [Archerfish | San Francisco, California | CPC]

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