http://pacific.valka.cz/forces/tf38.htm45/07/14 strike N Honshu & H Hokkaido
sinking:
* Tachiba a and corv.21219 in Hakatate harbor, Hokkaido (41-48N, 140-41E)
* corv. #65 and #74 15 miles S of Muroran, Hokkaido (42-21N, 140-59E)
* PC #48 1,5 nm off Nakanegishi
* AM Choyo Maru #2 5 nm off Kikonai (41-38N, 140-35E), Keijin Maru #3 NE of Shiriyasaki (41-30N, 141-30E), Sonobe Maru off Hiroo, Hokkaido (42-11N, 143-36E), Tamazono Maru #2 at Kushiro Pier, Hokkaido (42-58N, 144-25E)
* guardboats Chitose Maru, 4 nm off Kayabe, Hokkaido, Eikoku Maru #18 off Cape Shiobuki, Hokkaido; Meiji Maru #2 off Hakodate, Ojima Maru off Shiriyasaki (41-30N, 141-40E)
* gunboat Hokoku Maru off Oma-saki, Tsugaru-kaikyo (41-33N, 141-08E)
* AP Un'yo Maru #1 off Muroran, Hokkaido (42-21N, 140-59E)
* AK Nissen Maru #6 near Tsugaru Strait; Shichiyo Maru (43-47N, 141-12E), Imizu Maru, Furubiba, Otaru Bay; Setagawa Maru off Yongtok; Eiho Maru and Kaisei Maru #5 at Hakodate; Saito Maru off east coast of Korea; Senzan Maru and Awa Maru in Aomori-Hakodate area
* s/s Taisei Maru and Shimofusa Maru at west entrance of Tsugaru Strait, Osaki Maru at Hakodate;
* train ferries Seikan Maru #2, Seikan Maru #3 Seikan Maru #4, Seikan Maru #10, Tsugaru Maru, Shoho Maru and Hiran Maru in Aomori-Hakodate area
damaging:
* Yanagi in Tsugaru Strait
* corvette #205 outside Otaru harbor, corvette #215 at Hakodate harbor
* PC Cha-72 off Usujiri
* AM Minakami Maru off Usujiri, Tamazono Maru #1 at Kushiro Pier, Hokkaido (42-58N, 144-25E)
* guardboat Miya Maru off the eastern mouth of Tsugaru Strait
* army vessels Kaizan Maru outside Hachinohe harbor, and Sachi Maru off Otaru
* AK Taisho Maru (location unspecified); Eitoku Maru, Hanasaki Maru, and Kenkoku Maru in Hakodate harbor; Taka Maru and Hokuryu Maru #23, Eireki Maru, and Koun Maru #3 off Muroran; Shoho Maru off Yobetsu; Hirano Maru (beached) at Miuyama Bay; Kotsu Maru and Kyodo Maru #13 at Otaru; Shunko Maru (location unspecified); Hachirei Maru 9 nm off Iwanai; Tojo Maru off Cape Temma train feieies Seikan Maru #6 and Seikan Maru #8, Matsumae Maru in Aomori-Hakodate area
* s/s Hokushin Maru in Tsugaru Strait
* AO Kjoei Maru #5 beached off Matsumae, Shoun Maru #6 beached off Akashi, and dredger Kushiro Maru, location unspecified
TU 34.8.1 detached
38.3 110 miles E of N tip of Honshu (40-28 N 143-21 E)
45/07/15 strike NE Honshu & S Hokkaido
# sinking: AM W-24 off Tsugaru, N Honshu, (41-38N, 141-00E)
# corvette #219 off N Honshu, (41-48N, 140-41E)
# PC Bunzan Maru off Hachinoe, Honshu
# guardboat Shinei Maru, Shirojiri, Hokkaido
# AK Shoka Maru at Otaru; Tokai Maru at entrance to Sutsu Bay; Seikai Maru #5 off Mutsure; Urakawa Maru and Toyu Maru off Nemuro, Japan; and Shinko Maru (40-48N, 140-05E)
# merchant train ferry Seikan Maru #1 near Miumaya;
# merchant fishing boat Taisho Maru #15 off Ofuyo
# damaging: AK Rijo Maru off Aomori
# PF Kasado and corvettes #47 and #55 off Otaru
# PF Io and Fukue and PC Cha-81 and Yaryu Maru at Hachinoe harbor, Honshu
# corvette #215 at Fukushima anchorage
# corvette #221 at entrance to Tsugaru Strait
# PC Ch-47 at Yamada anchorage
# AM Fuji Maru is stranded after bomb damage off Hakodate, Hokkaido
3 BB, 2 CL, 8 DD detached to TU 34.8.2 for Muroran bombardement
38.3 180 miles ESE oN N tip of Honshu (40-11N, 144-56E)