American missions against Shimonoseki and Shimonoseki Strait
March 18, 1945–August 14, 1945

March 18, 1945
(20th AF) Thirty-four USAAF B-29s mine Shimonoseki Strait.

March 27, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 47: During the night of 27/28 March 27/28 92 of 102 B-29s mine Shimonoseki Strait.

March 30, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 49: 85 of 94 B-29s mine Shimonoseki Strait.

April 4, 1945
Japanese escort vessel Mokuto is sunk by a mine laid by B-29 in Shimonoseki Strait, 33°53'N, 131°03'E.

April 6, 1945
Japanese merchant cargo ship Fushimi Maru is sunk by a mine in Shimonoseki Straits, 33°59'N, 130°52'E.

April 9, 1945
(20th AF) During the night of 9/10 April, sixteen B-29s mine the Shimonoseki Strait without loss.

April 11, 1945
Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 215 is sunk by mine off Futaoi-Jima, Shimonoseki.

April 12, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 66: During the night of 12/13 April, five B-29s mine Shimonoseki Strait, the final mining mission carried out in support of the Okinawa campaign.

April 16, 1945
Japanese cargo vessel No.10 Kaishin Maru is damaged by a mine off Shimonoseki, 33°53'N, 131°09'E.

April 18, 1945
Japanese transport Teizui Maru (ex-German Mosel) is sunk by mine near western entrance to Shimonoseki Strait at 34°04'N, 130°50'E.

April 20, 1945
Mine damage cargo ship Kitsurin Maru at western entrance of Shimonoseki Strait.

April 26, 1945
Japanese guardboat No.6 Chozan Maru is sunk by aircraft east of Shimonoseki Strait off Shimonoseki.

April 27, 1945
Mine laid by B-29s that same day sinks Japanese cargo vessel Kaiho Maru at western entrance of Shimonoseki Strait, 34°00'N, 130°50'E.

April 28, 1945
Mine laid by B-29 sinks Japanese cargo vessel Gakujo Maru at western entrance of Shimonoseki Strait, 34°00'N, 130°50'E.

May 3, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 133: During the night of 3/4 May, B-29s mine Shimonoseki Strait.

May 7, 1945
Mines laid by B-29s sink Japanese minesweeper W.29 and cargo vessel Kashima Maru in Shimonoseki Strait, 34°02'N, 130°54'E.

May 12, 1945
Mines laid by B29s sink cargo ship No.1 Nissho Maru is sunk by mine laid by B-29s off Futaoi Light, Shimonoseki, 34°06'N, 130°47'E.
Mines laid by B29s sink No.1 Nisshin Maru in Shimonoseki Strait.

May 13, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 173: Phase III of Operation Starvation during the night of 13/14 May, 12 B-29s drop mines into Shimonoseki Strait.

May 14, 1945
(20th AF) Mines laid by B-29s sink Japanese transport Anko Maru off Shimonoseki.

May 18, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 177: During the night of 18/19 May, B-29s mine Shimonoseki Strait.

May 20, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 179: During the night of 20/21 May B-29s mine Shimonoseki Strait.

May 22, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 180: During the night of 22-23 May 30 B-29s mine Shimonoseki Strait and approaches; 1 B-29 is lost.

May 24, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 182: During the night of 24/25 May, 25 B-29s lay mines in Shimonoseki Strait.
Mine laid by B-29s sinks Japanese cargo vessel No.14 Kaishin Maru west of the mouth of Shimonoseki Strait at 34°31'N, 130°54'E.

May 25, 1945
Mine laid by B-29s damages Iyo Maru east of the mouth of Shimonoseki Strait.
Mine laid by B-29s damages destroyers Sakura seven kilometers off Hesaki Light and Tsubaki off Shimonoseki.

May 26, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 184: during the night of 26/27 May, 29 B-29s mine waters in Shimonoseki Strait.
Mine laid by B-29s damages Shozan Maru off Tokuyama, Shimonoseki Strait, 33°57'N, 131°46'E.

May 27, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 185: During the night of 27/28 May, 9 B-29s drop mines in Shimonoseki Strait.
Mines laided by B-29s sink Kongo Maru in Shimonoseki Strait off Hakata, 33°41'N, 130°15'E.

June 1, 1945
Mine laid by B-29s sink No.7 Kenkon Maru and Meitei Maru off Shimonoseki, 34°58'N, 130°56'E.
Mine laid by B-29s sink merchant cargo ship Myosei Maru in Shimonoseki Strait, 33°58'N, 131°03'E.
Mine laid by B-29s damages Toyo Maru at entrance of Shimonoseki Strait, 33°57'N, 130°40'E.

June 2, 1945
Mine laid by B-29s damages Yubari Maru west of the mouth of Shimonoseki Strait.
Mine laid by B-29s damages No.1 Toyo Maru at entrance of Shimonoseki Strait, 33°48'N, 130°42'E.

June 5, 1945
Mine laid by B-29s damages cargo vessel Toyo Maru off Shimonoseki, 33°57'N, 131°02'E.

June 7, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 190: During the night of 7/8 Jun, 26 B-29s mine Shimonoseki Strait.
Mine laid by B-29s sinks merchant cargo ship No. 2 Yubari Maru west of the mouth of Shimonoseki Strait.

June 9, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 194: During the night of 8/9 Jun, B-29s mine Shimonoseki Strait.

June 11, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 201: During the night of 11/12 Jun, B-29s mine Shimonoseki Strait.

June 13, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 202: During the night of 13/14 May, 29 B-29s drop mines in Shimonoseki Strait.
Mine laid by B-29s damage merchant cargo ships Kinyo Maru off Kyokenzaki in the Shimonoseki Strait.

June 15, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 204: During the night of 15/16 May, 30 B-29s mine Shimonoseki Strait.

June 16, 1945
Mine laid by B-29 sink Japanese army cargo ship Taikyu Maru west of the mouth of Shimonoseki Strait.

June 17, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 205: 25 B-29s mine Shimonoseki Strait.

June 19, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 213: 28 B-29s mine Shimonoseki Strait.

June 22, 1945
Mine laid by B-29s sink Japanese merchant cargo ships Yubu Maru in Shimonoseki Strait, 34°00'N, 131°00'E.
Mine laid by B-29s sink Tokasegawa Maru off Tsutura, in Shimonoseki Strait, 33°55'N, 131°20'E.
Mine laid by B-29s sink Taigen Maru near Shimonoseki Strait, 34°00'N, 130°30'E.

June 25, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 222: During the night of 25/26 Jun, 26 B-29s plant mines in Shimonoseki Strait.

June 29, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 239: 25 B-29s mine the western Shimonoseki Strait.

June 30, 1945
(20th AF) Mines damage Japanese escort destroyer Nara, six miles west-southwest of Shimonoseki at 33°54'N, 130°49'E.

July 1, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 243: 126 B-29s attack the Shimonoseki urban area destroying 0.51 square miles (1.32 square km), 36% of the city. Mission 244: 24 B-29s mine Shimonoseki Strait.

July 3, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 246: B-29s mine Shimonoseki Strait.

July 6, 1945
Mine laid by B-29s sink Shinei Maru near Shimonoseki, 33°54'N, 131°01'E.

July 9, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 256: B-29s mine Shimonoseki Strait.
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July 11, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 262: During the night of 11/12 Jul, 25 B-29s mine Shimonoseki Strait.

July 13, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 268: During the night of 13/14 Jul, 30 B-29s mine Shimonoseki Strait.

July 17, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 275: During the night of 17/18 Jul, 27 B-29s mine Shimonoseki Strait.

July 22, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 282: B-29s, staging through Iwo Jima, mine Shimonoseki Strait.

July 27, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 296: During the night of 27/28 Jul, 24 B-29s drop mines in Shimonoseki Strait.

July 29, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 304: During the night of 29/30 Jul, 24 B-29s mine Shimonoseki Strait.

August 1, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 305: 37 B-29s drop mines into Shimonoseki Strait.

August 7, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 318: During the night of 7/8 Aug, 29 B-29s, escorted by FEAF P-47s, drop mines in Shimonoseki Strait.

August 10, 1945
(20th AF) During the night of 10/11 Aug, B-29s mine Shimonoseki Strait.

August 14, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 331: B-29s mine the waters off Shimonoseki.