The services reconnaissance department (SRD) craft HMAS SEA SNAKE, (A/LEUT D.H. Jarvis, RAN), was commissioned.
Japanese kamikaze attacks against Allied naval vessels in the Pacific in the first three months of 1945 resulted in 121 ships hit and 53 damaged by near-misses. Included in these figures was cruiser HMAS AUSTRALIA, which suffered five attacks, and was eventually withdrawn for repairs.